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Education to Implementation: A Mixed-Methods Study of Tobacco Cessation Counselling Practices Among Recently Graduated Dentists in India.

Asian Pacific journal of cancer prevention : APJCP · Gummalla S, Mishra G, Kumar S, Gupta VK, Kankane N, S D, Diwakar S, Aggarwal A, Agarwal A · 2026-08-01

Newly graduated dentists in India received undergraduate tobacco cessation training, yet only some delivered cessation counselling consistently in practice, with personal tobacco use and system-level constraints identified as key barriers to implementation.

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