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This qualitative study explored beliefs on knowledge, attitudes, and clinic-based practices regarding traditional and emerging diverse tobacco products and marijuana among rural and urban Georgia healthcare providers in the primary care setting. These tobacco products included cigars and cigar-like products, smokeless tobacco, hookah, and electronic cigarettes. Cigarette smoking contributes to thousands of deaths every year in the United States, but their use has been steadily declining over that few decades. However, there has been a significant rise in the purchasing and using of emerging tobacco products and marijuana. There have been very few studies done on the knowledge and attitudes of healthcare providers regarding alternative tobacco products, marijuana, and their use. Examining knowledge and perceptions about these emerging tobacco products from healthcare providers is the first step in addressing the impact of these newly integrated products socially, economically, and medic