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smoking remains leading preventable cause disease disability death worldwide although physicians high levels health literacy awareness consequences smoking essential role smoking cessation patients physicians continue smoke rates smoking among arab male physicians high study aimed gain insights arab male physicians perceptions smoking behaviors professional role health promotion using purposive sampling recruited 25 arab male physicians working hospital community clinic settings currently smoke semistructured hourlong interviews held januaryjune 2022 performed thematic analysis interview data analysis revealed three categories two subcategories 15 emerging themes category antecedents prior becoming physician revealed themes smoking experience adolescence social ethnic culture stress medical studies periods quitting smoking category physicians perception smoking sorted two subcategories 1 personal aspects including themes relaxation stress selfcompensation addiction enjoyable experience 2 professional aspects including themes lack knowledge cessation inadequate workplace support motivation consult patients awareness role primary care physicians categoryimpacts revealed themes personal health wellbeing professional competence professional image public study provides indepth understanding personal sociocultural professional aspects phenomenon arab male smoking physicians perspective based information recommend developing programs support empower physicians cope better personal professional stress well instituting programs provide physicians specific knowledge skills related smoking cessation programs improve ability physicians serve positive role models patients preventing ceasing smoking thus enhancing image medical profession importantly improving health public