Table 4 "Mark your level of agreement with following statements about teaching on tobacco smoking in medical schools"? Number and percentage of students responding as 'agree' or 'strongly agree'.

1

Medical professionals play an important role on advising public/patients about smoking cessation? *

2

In clinical practice, tobacco smoking history should be routinely taken for every patient? *

3

All doctors should be competent to advise patients about, counseling & treatment of smoking cessation. ¶*

4

Medical professionals should be role models by being non-smokers to advice their patients smoking cessation. ¶*

5

All medical schools should have smoking cessation clinics with facilities for counseling, treatment & follow-up. ¶

6

Smoking amongst medical teachers and students is a main obstacle in effectively implementing tobacco education.

7

The current curriculum teaches adequately about health effects of active and passive smoking.

8

The current curriculum teaches about clinical guidelines, tobacco cessation methods and its contraindications.

9

All medical colleges should teach the students about cessation, treatment & counseling for smoking. ¶*

10

Current curriculum teaches about tobacco smoking but not systematic integrated with other disciplines departments.

11

All medical colleges should include tobacco education as a separate module in their curriculum.