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Although there is a general acceptance among patients to use digital self-help tools to quit smoking, and healthcare organizations are increasingly urged to incorporate these tools in clinical practice, it is unclear how and for whom these innovations can be incorporated into clinical practice.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Objectives<\/jats:title><jats:p>To explore health care professionals' perceptions about smoking cessation practice in routine primary care and the use of digital tools in this work.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title><jats:p>A qualitative study with nine in-depth telephone interviews with health care professionals working in primary care in Sweden. Convenience sampling and snowball technique was used as recruitment strategy. Informants included registered, district and auxiliary nurses as well as behavioral therapists. All informants were female, between 43 and 57 years old and experience of working with smoking cessation in primary care and possibility to recommend digital interventions to smokers.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>Informants described smoking cessation practice in primary care as (i) identifying smoking patients, (ii) pursuing standardized routines for smoking cessation practice and (iii) keeping smoking cessation practice on the agenda. Digital tools were described by informants to be used in different ways: (i) replicating practice, (ii) complementing practice and (iii) enabling access to health care practitioners. Finally, the analysis showed that patients' expectations and behaviors contributed to how and when smoking cessation practice was conducted, including the use of digital tools.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title><jats:p>Implementing smoking cessation practice in primary care in Sweden encompass continuous work of reaching smoking patients, building buy-in among peers and keeping tobacco on the practice agenda. Digital interventions are used to replicate, complement and enabling access to care. The findings suggest that poor continuity of staff and negative attitudes towards preventative work may challenge smoking cessation practice. However, societal changes in the awareness of the health risks of tobacco use including shifting social norms regarding the acceptance of smoking may contribute to a normalization of speaking about smoking in primary care practice. 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