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However, data regarding these services in Bangladesh are limited. This study aimed to assess the levels of knowledge of and willingness to use tobacco cessation services and to identify associated factors among patients with NCDs who were current tobacco users in Bangladesh.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec id=\"sec002\">\n                    <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>A cross-sectional study was conducted among 660 consecutively selected patients with NCDs aged \u226518 years visiting selected government sub-district hospitals in Bangladesh. Data were collected using a structured questionnaire from May 26\u201314 June, 2025. Multivariable logistic regression analyses were performed to identify the factors associated with overall knowledge of and willingness to use cessation services.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec id=\"sec003\">\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Only 10.5% of participants reported moderate to high levels of overall knowledge on cessation services, while 65.3% expressed willingness to use them. In the multivariable ordinal logistic regression with partial proportional odds model (PPOM), higher knowledge of cessation services was associated with secondary education (adjusted odds ratio [aOR]: 1.9, 95% CI: 1.08\u20133.31) and higher secondary education and above (aOR: 4.3, 95% CI: 2.21\u20138.51). Similarly, the multivariable binary logistic regression analysis shows that willingness to use cessation services was associated with secondary education (aOR: 1.8, 95% CI: 1.12\u20132.83), higher secondary education and above (aOR: 2.2, 95% CI: 1.13\u20134.68),\u2009&gt;\u200910 hospital visits (aOR: 2.5, 95% CI: 1.59\u20133.88), and moderate to high levels of overall knowledge of cessation services (aOR: 3.5, 95% CI: 1.73\u20137.99).<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec id=\"sec004\">\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Despite low levels of knowledge, willingness to use cessation services was high among participants in Bangladesh. Educational attainment was a key determinant of knowledge, while greater knowledge, higher education, and more frequent hospital visits were associated with willingness. 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