To know about the tobacco control practices by medical doctors in Bihar, India.All medical doctors in Bihar, India. Two stage sampling with probability propotional to the number of doctors in the districts was used.Anonymous survey was conducted on structured questionnaire.SUDAAN and Epi-Info.Most of the doctors were government doctors. Most doctors (>75%) reported either for no policy or partial policy in health settings however over 2/3rd of medical doctors felt need for their training on tobacco cessation. Most of the doctors did not take tobacco history (60-80%).Medical doctors in Bihar need to be trained for tobacco cessation. Smoking needs to be enforced vigorously in health sector to protect patients and doctors.

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Dhirendra N, Sinha Prakash C, Gupta,"Tobacco control practices by medical doctors in developing world; a questionnaire study."