Perception of Tobacco Counseling and Cessation among Dental Practitioners

Table 1

General characteristics of dentists of the study sample.

Variables		Total no. of dentists () 100%
`		34.20 (9.38)
Age categories (years, %)	<30	41.5%
	30-39	28.9%
	40-49	21.2%
	50-60	8.4%
Gender (%)	Male	42.4%
	Female	57.6%
Position (%)	GP	43.1%
	Specialist	56.9%
Degree (%)	BDS	43.7%
	Master	20.1%
	PhD	36.3%
Setting (%)	Outpatient	19.4%
	Hospital	60.9%
	Academic	19.7%
Current smoking (%)	Yes	23.8%
Working hours/day (mean (SD))		8.73 (2.15)
Number of patients seen/day (mean (SD))		8.27 (5.91)
Formal training on TCC (%)	Yes	13.2%