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Healthcare professionals in smoking cessation clinics face significant systemic and patient-level barriers, such as low motivation and heavy workloads, but mitigate these challenges through individualized counseling and remain motivated by successful patient outcomes. Novelty: ClaimNovelty.INCREMENTAL. Consensus alignment: ConsensusAlignment.NEUTRAL.

What question did this study set out to answer?

To explore the experiences, perceived barriers, coping strategies, and policy recommendations of healthcare professionals delivering smoking cessation services.

August 30, 2026Thoracic research and practiceOpen Access

A Qualitative Study on the Difficulties Faced by Healthcare Professionals Working in Smoking Cessation Clinics

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EDEsra Daharlı CDCoşkun Daharlı

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Qualitative study reveals major systemic and patient-related barriers for healthcare staff in smoking cessation clinics, highlighting the need for multidisciplinary and digital support.

Key Points

To explore the experiences, perceived barriers, coping strategies, and policy recommendations of healthcare professionals delivering smoking cessation services.
Conducted a qualitative phenomenological study using purposive sampling to recruit 13 healthcare professionals from smoking cessation clinics, addiction units, and Healthy Life Centers in Türkiye between November 2025 and April 2026.
Collected data through face-to-face semi-structured interviews and analyzed transcripts using thematic analysis.
Participants identified primary service barriers as low patient motivation, poor adherence to follow-up visits, societal normalization of smoking, heavy workloads, limited consultation time, inadequate multidisciplinary collaboration, and medication access issues.
Providers employed personalized counseling, motivational interviewing, evidence-based treatment algorithms, and digital follow-up systems to mitigate obstacles, maintaining professional drive primarily through observing successful cessation outcomes.

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Daharlı et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a93f0e06c1a8fb52e79d5cd https://doi.org/10.4274/thoracrespract.2026.2026-6-7

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August 30, 2026Thoracic research and practiceOpen Access

A Qualitative Study on the Difficulties Faced by Healthcare Professionals Working in Smoking Cessation Clinics

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EDEsra Daharlı CDCoşkun Daharlı

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Overview

Qualitative study reveals major systemic and patient-related barriers for healthcare staff in smoking cessation clinics, highlighting the need for multidisciplinary and digital support.

Key Points

To explore the experiences, perceived barriers, coping strategies, and policy recommendations of healthcare professionals delivering smoking cessation services.
Conducted a qualitative phenomenological study using purposive sampling to recruit 13 healthcare professionals from smoking cessation clinics, addiction units, and Healthy Life Centers in Türkiye between November 2025 and April 2026.
Collected data through face-to-face semi-structured interviews and analyzed transcripts using thematic analysis.
Participants identified primary service barriers as low patient motivation, poor adherence to follow-up visits, societal normalization of smoking, heavy workloads, limited consultation time, inadequate multidisciplinary collaboration, and medication access issues.
Providers employed personalized counseling, motivational interviewing, evidence-based treatment algorithms, and digital follow-up systems to mitigate obstacles, maintaining professional drive primarily through observing successful cessation outcomes.

Cite This Study

Daharlı et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a93f0e06c1a8fb52e79d5cd https://doi.org/10.4274/thoracrespract.2026.2026-6-7

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