Practice of smoking cessation counselling and its associated factors among government primary healthcare workers in Perak: A cross-sectional study.

Most participants were doctors (31.1% ), followed by allied health professionals (21.8%), pharmacists (19.3%), medical assistants (14.3%), and nurses (13.5%). The majority showed poor practice (93.7%), knowledge (94.8%), and attitude (51.5%). Only 16.8% were trained in SCC. Multivariate logistic regression analysis revealed that only the district was significantly associated with poor counselling practice. Hilir Perak district showed the highest odds of having poor practice (adjusted odds ratio (aOR) =17.80, 95% confidence interval (CI)= 2.02-156.97, P-value=0.01). However, the prevalence of poor practice among the other districts was also high (77.0%-97.8%). Conclusion: SCC practice, knowledge, and attitude are poor among Perak's government primary healthcare workers. The district-specific differences suggest that localized studies should be considered to determine the influential factors.