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Table 3 Example of analysis of codes, categories and themes

From: Health policymakers’ knowledge and opinions of physicians smoking and tobacco policy control in Lao PDR

Codes

Categories

Themes

Knowledgeable of the health effects of smoking

Unacceptable/acceptable for among medical doctors to smoke

Policy maker’s perspectives of smoking among medical doctors

Socializing

  

Individual behaviour

  

Non smoking

Role model of medical doctors on smoking

 

Implementing policy

  

Quit smoking

  

No awareness of smoke-free regulation policy

Limited awareness on smoke-free policy

Smoking-free policy/law at the health institutions

No wide dissemination of smoking free policy

  

Smoking prohibition/

Availability of smoking-free policy or law

 

No smoking prohibition

  

Smoking areas

  

Peer pressure

Peer influence

Factors influencing smoking practice

Manhood

  

Socialization

  

Overload

Working conditions

 

Night duty

  

Stress

  

MD as trusted source

Perspective on the counselling of smoking

Provision of tobacco control

Knowledgeable & Skilful

  

Not ready to be a counselor

  

Radio, leaflet, posters

Perspective on counselling method

 

Face-to-face counselling

  

Hotline counseling

  

Combination methods

  

-No existing lessons/ No official lessons

Integration of lessons on anti-smoking in the training curriculum

 

-Political and economic reasons

  

-Limitation and inadequate smoke-free policy regulation