BACKGROUND Little is known about the knowledge and attitudes towards tobacco use among medical students in Canada. Our objectives were to estimate the prevalence of tobacco use among medical students, assess their perceived level of education about tobacco addiction management and their preparedness to address tobacco use with their future patients. METHODS A cross-sectional online survey was...

BACKGROUND This observational study assessed the relation between mass media campaigns and service volume for a statewide tobacco cessation quitline and stand-alone web-based cessation program. METHODS Multivariate regression analysis was used to identify how weekly calls to a cessation quitline and weekly registrations to a web-based cessation program are related to levels of broadcast media...

Two major metabolites of the tobacco-specific lung carcinogen 4-(methylnitrosamino)-1-(3-pyridyl)-1-butanone (NNK) were previously shown to be highly persistent in human urine after cessation of cigarette smoking. We hypothesized that NNK or its metabolite, 4-(methylnitrosamino)-1-(3-pyridyl)-1-butanol (NNAL), was sequestered in the lung. In this study, we further evaluated this hypothesis by q...

smokeless tobacco use by American males, there has been little research on assisting users to quit. A review of research shows promising results by adapting smoking cessation procedures. A review of clinical cessation studies and psychosocial studies provides support for development and assessment of ST cessation clinical and self-help programs. Distinctive aspects of ST cessation include the h...

The Providence Health System (PHS) in Oregon is an individual practice association model health maintenance organisation with more than 300 000 covered lives in our capitated model and more than 360 000 members in our preferred provider model, which is a discounted fee for service structure. PHS has 12 000 employees, over 1400 acute and long term beds, and a demonstrated commitment to social ac...

A paucity of information regarding tobacco use among lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) youths impedes prevention programs. The aim of the present study was to conduct formative qualitative research regarding subpopulations at risk for tobacco use, protective factors, patterns of use, and approaches to prevention. This report focuses on participants' recommendations for the developm...

This study surveyed 2,287 U.S. Navy health care providers (HCPs) regarding patient-care practices and attitudes related to tobacco use. Almost 80% of HCPs reported that they usually asked new patients about tobacco use. Of 11 recommended practices, two-thirds to three-quarters of HCPs engaged in only 4 behaviors with most or all of their tobacco-using patients: advise patients to stop, advise p...

We conducted the GHPSS (Global Health Professions Student Survey) to obtain information regarding health profession students' smoking habits and perceptions, exposure to secondhand smoke (SHS) as well as level of knowledge and training on tobacco use and smoking cessation counseling. GHPSS is a survey for third-year students in the following fields: health visitors, dentistry, medicine, nursing...

INTRODUCTION Evidence-based clinical interventions for smoking cessation have proven to be effective in reducing smoking rates among patients who use tobacco. Ensuring that registered nurses (RNs) are knowledgeable and have the self-efficacy to provide such clinical interventions can contribute to declines in tobacco use among their patients who smoke. The aim of this study was to determine if ...

Physicians have a key role to play in combating tobacco use and reducing the tobacco induced harm to health. However, there is a paucity of information about tobacco-use and cessation among physicians in developing countries. To assess the need for and nature of smoking cessation services among physicians in developing countries, a detailed literature review of studies published in English, bet...