Awareness and Acceptance of Nicotine-free Smoking Intervention Methods (Acetium Lozenge) Increased Among Health Care Professionals by Targeted E-training as Confirmed by Post-training Surveys.

Background/aim: To increase the awareness and acceptance of the new nicotine-free smoking intervention method (Acetium lozenge; Biohit Oyj, Finland), targeted E-Training with accompanying surveys were conducted in 2018, 2020 and 2023.

Patients And Methods: The target groups were derived from the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)-compliant registers of Finnish physicians, pharmacy staff and nurses owned by Success Clinic Oy. The post-training surveys recorded 1) awareness of the responders on Acetium lozenge, 2) their attitude to nicotine-free smoking intervention methods in general as well as 3) their readiness for recommending this new tool to their patients.