The Faculty of Pharmacy discussed the higher diploma thesis titled ((Knowledge, attitudes and practices regarding smoking behavior among a sample of health care providers in Baghdad)) by the student Hasan Beden Kadhim and his supervisor, Dr. Ali Lateef Jasim in the Clinical Pharmacy Department.The thesis aimed to assess knowledge, attitudes, and practices of different types of smoking ( cigarettes, shisha and electronic cigarettes) among a sample of health care providers (Physicians, dentists and pharmacists) in Baghdad, as well as to determine the extent of smoking prevalence and its impact on knowledge, attitudes and practices related to smoking among health care providers. The thesis included a number of questions related to knowledge and scientific facts about types of smoking, such as smoking addiction, as well as who is the safest and least dangerous among the types of smoking. Also, some questions related to attitudes, about smoking, such as: health care providers who smoke are less likely to advise patients to quit smoking. Their responses to knowledge and attitudes are in the form of strongly agree, agree, neutral, disagree, and strongly disagree. It also included some questions related to some practices, such as smoking in the workplace or in front of patients, and their responses were taken with as a yes or no. As well as some practices related to giving advice or asking the patient about smoking, and their responses were taken in a never, rarely, sometimes, often, or always way. The number of participants was 344, and most of them were pharmacists. The results showed that the number of smokers continuing to smoke is less than that of non-smokers: 28.8% are continuous smokers, 63.7% are non-smokers, and 7.6% are former-smokers. The results showed statistically significant differences about knowledge and practices among health care providers, while there were no statistically significant differences about attitudes. Also, there were statistically significant differences between smoking status, knowledge, attitudes, and practices. Also, there are statistically significant differences with regard to smoking in the workplace, while no statistically significant differences appeared regarding smoking in front of patients. The results showed that smoking affects knowledge, attitudes, and practices .
