%0 Journal Article %T Knowledge, Attitude and Practices of Indian Dental Surgeons Towards Tobacco Control: Advances towards Prevention %J Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention %I West Asia Organization for Cancer Prevention (WAOCP), APOCP's West Asia Chapter. %Z 1513-7368 %D 2010 %\ 04/01/2010 %V 11 %N 4 %P 939-942 %! Knowledge, Attitude and Practices of Indian Dental Surgeons Towards Tobacco Control: Advances towards Prevention %K Dental surgeons %K tobacco control %K Knowledge %K Attitude %K practices %R %X Aims and Methods: We assessed the knowledge, attitude and practices of dental surgeons in the city of Bangalore, Karnataka, concerning use of tobacco in their patients. A self-administered questionnaire was administered to all dental surgeons prior to a sensitization program on nicotine dependence. Results: The dental surgeons who responded (n=100) reported a need for increasing sensitization on the issue of tobacco especially among health professionals. Only 33% knew that nicotine is the most addictive drug and knowledge was poor about pharmacological as well as non pharmacological methods of treatment of nicotine dependence. Only 52% asked all their patients about tobacco use. However, almost all dental surgeons agreed that there should be a ban on public use of tobacco. Implications: The results of this study call for sensitizing health professionals on a larger scale on the issue of tobacco use and its treatment. %U https://journal.waocp.org/article_25310_0de31018bcbdd542293461f7f7f0a13d.pdf