The 13th World Conference on Tobacco OR Health

Health Professionals are highly respected and trusted population in most of the civilised societies of the world.Health Professionals such as Physicians,Dentists,Nurses and Pharmacists have an enormous potential to play a key role in battling the tobacco epidemic.Health Professionals fit within comprehensive tobacco control programmes including cessation of tobacco use projects.Some barriers to the full involvement of health professionals in tobacco control do persist like lack of knowledge and skills about tobacco / tobacco cessation strategies as well as continued tobacco consumption among health professionals.In developing economies around the world,Time required as well as concerns about effectiveness are perceived barrier to tobacco counseling. Knowledge,Attitudes and Barriers in Tobacco Counseling among health professionals can be turned into opportunities for developing country specific modules in education and training in Tobacco-Use Cessation Counseling and Advocacy for Tobacco Control.Organizational Leadership in tobacco control can lead to policy development & curricla changes to overcome barriers among health professionals