Fig. 2

Initial Model 1, Model 2 with non-significant paths removed, and optimized Model 3. Figure note: SN: subjective norm, PBC: perceived behavioural control; ATT: behavioural attitude; PB: past behaviour (providing cessation support to patients); SMO: current smoking behaviour; INT: intention to provide cessation support to patients in the near future; Model 1: Initial model with all possible relevant constructs included; Model 2: Initial model after insignificant paths and constructs have been removed; Model 3: Final model based on model 2 with covariances specified based on modification indices; The numbers in the paths between two latent constructs are standardized parameter estimates. Covariance matrices for the three models are available as Additional file 2. Analyses are based on unweighted data