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Table 4 Healthcare professionals’ attitude towards counseling patients to quit smoking by smoking status and level of dependence

From: Smoking prevalence and associated risk factors among healthcare professionals in Nicosia general hospital, Cyprus: a cross-sectional study

 

Rarely/Never

Sometimes

Often

 
 

N

%

N

%

N

%

p value

Smoking Status

 Never

3

1.2

6

2.4

244

96.4

<0.001

 Current

16

11.5

22

15.8

101

72.7

 

 Former

3

11.5

1

3.8

22

84.6

 

FTQ-Level of Dependence

 Low nicotine dependence

7

8.1

12

14.0

67

77.9

0.131

 Medium nicotine dependence

5

13.2

8

21.1

25

65.8

 

 High nicotine dependence

4

30.8

2

15.4

7

53.8