Smoking behaviour and attitudes of medical students towards smoking and anti-smoking campaigns: a survey in 10 African and Middle Eastern countries

Tessier, J.F.; Freour, P; Nejjari, Chakib; Belougne, D.; Crofton, John

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“…17 For example, a survey conducted in Czechoslovakia reported that 38% of male physicians, 25.6% of female physicians, and 49% of nurses were smokers, and these influential health professionals taught medical students, among whom 18% were smokers. 41 Similar pictures emerge in other countries such as the Netherlands where 37% of male and 14% of female physicians smoked 48 compared with 31% of male and 23% of female students; in Morocco where 44% of male physicians and 22% of female physicians smoked compared with 32% of male and no female medical students, 18 and in Bahrain where 60.1% of male physicians smoked compared with 27.5% of male and 2.3% of female students. 22 Between 45% and 69% of final year medical students in most world regions agreed that it was the doctor's responsibility to set a good example by not smoking; however, only 16% of medical students thought this in Japan.…”

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Teaching medical students about tobacco

Richmond

1999

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Teaching medical students about tobacco

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“…A series of studies surveying 42 countries in the early 1990s warned about the seriousness of the deficiency in tobacco education and recommended urgent changes [8][9][10][11] . A worldwide survey of medical curricula published in 1998 found that all schools that reported absence of teaching about tobacco were in Africa, Asia, Europe and South America [12] .…”

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“…A report released by the WHO on the role of health professionals in tobacco control named a lack of knowledge and skills as the number one barrier to health professionals' involvement in tobacco control activities [7] . Knowledge and skills related to smoking cessation are assumed to be taught in professional schools, but surveys have shown repeatedly that curricula are inadequate [8][9][10][11][12][13][14] . Continuous smoking among health professionals (e.g.…”

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Preparedness for the Smoking Cessation Role among Health Sciences Students in Kuwait

2011

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Objective: Our aim was to assess students’ preparedness for the smoking cessation role after a teaching module on tobacco cessation and to assess the relationship between smoking status and preparedness. Methods: Pharmacy students attended a 4-hour module on the role of health professionals in smoking cessation based on the Rx for Change training program. Two years after the first introduction of the module, a questionnaire on preparedness and smoking status was filled in by 64 pharmacy students who had attended the module and 243 students from other health sciences that had not been exposed to the module. Results: Preparedness scores for the smoking cessation role for pharmacy students were significantly higher (mean = 19.5, n = 63) for the nonsmoking pharmacy students compared to other nonsmoking students in medicine (mean = 16.2, n = 149), dentistry (mean = 16.1, n = 40) and physical therapy (mean = 14.9, n = 16) (p = 0.009). The smoking prevalence was 3% among all females and 31% among all males. Smoking students were significantly less likely (p = 0.031) to agree that it is their professional responsibility to help patients quit smoking. Conclusion: Significant and long-lasting differences in students’ perception of preparedness for the smoking cessation role based on exposure to a short teaching module were demonstrated. Furthermore, our results support previous findings that smoking compromises attitude towards helping smokers to quit.

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“…1989), from nine Asian countries (Tessier et al . 1992a), from 10 African and Middle Eastern countries (Tessier et al . 1992b) and from four particular industrialized countries (Australia, Japan, the USA and the former USSR) (Tessier et al .…”

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Medical education on tobacco: implications of a worldwide survey

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This report considers the implications for medical education of a global survey of the knowledge, behaviour and attitudes of medical students regarding tobacco. This was conducted in 42 countries derived from all continents. A total of 9326 students (44% women) from 51 medical schools replied anonymously to a multiple choice questionnaire administered in the local language. Student smoking rates varied greatly between countries/regions: daily smoking in men from 2% (Australia) to 48% (one centre in the former USSR); in women from nil in some Asian medical schools to 22% in one European. Though there was some variation between countries and medical schools, there was widespread ignorance of the causal role of smoking in specific diseases; notably coronary artery disease, peripheral vascular disease, emphysema, bladder cancer and neonatal mortality. There were widespread defects in knowledge and motivation regarding counselling patients to quit smoking, with a common failure to appreciate a doctor's responsibilities in prevention. Very few students knew the value of tobacco taxation in reducing consumption. Following our survey we were asked to advise the World Health Organization on a summary of the desirable tobacco content of medical curricula, which has now been issued. The International Union against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, in cooperation with the European Region of WHO, has circulated the Deans of all European medical schools with a summary of the deficiencies revealed by the European component of the survey, together with a questionnaire on proposed action. A similar initiative is being considered in cooperation with the Western Pacific Region of WHO.

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Smoking behaviour and attitudes of medical students towards smoking and anti-smoking campaigns: a survey in 10 African and Middle Eastern countries

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Teaching medical students about tobacco

Teaching medical students about tobacco

Preparedness for the Smoking Cessation Role among Health Sciences Students in Kuwait

Medical education on tobacco: implications of a worldwide survey

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