Behaviour Change Intervention for Smokeless Tobacco (ST) Cessation Delivered through Dentists in Dental Settings: A pragmatic pilot trial.

To our knowledge this is the first pragmatic pilot trial on ST cessation in dental settings in Pakistan and the first trial on dentist-delivered structured behavioural support intervention for ST cessation. It adds to the scarce, trial evidence base on ST cessation interventions. Findings suggest behavioural support intervention for ST cessation may improve quit rates. The trial was conducted in a country with poor ST control measures, where ST products are not taxed, the products are sold openly to and by minors and the users are offered negligible cessation support. The findings may therefore be generalisable to LMICs and particularly South Asian countries, with similar policy backgrounds.