J Korean Acad Fundam Nurs.  2006 Aug;13(2):294-303.

Attitudes to Smoking Cessation Interventions and Importance of Participation in Tobacco Control Policy Among Clinical Nurses

• Shin SR
• Kim AL

Abstract

PURPOSE: To describe nurses' attitude to smoking cessation interventions and importance of participation in tobacco control policy. METHOD: The participants were 841 nurses practicing in hospitals of 400 beds or more and 103 members of a professional nurse's academic society. The hospitals were systematically selected to cover the whole country. The questionnaire was adopted from the 'Oncology Nurses' Tobacco Control Survey' and used after translation.
RESULTS
Nurses who were older, married, had higher positions, more education, more experience, and who worked in an OPD setting had higher mean score for attitude to the involvement of nurses in smoking cessation interventions. More than 80% of nurses agreed on the importance of nurses' participation and involvement in tobacco control policy. However, only 65.4% of nurses stated that supporting laws to increase cigarette price was important.
CONCLUSION
Clinical nurses' attitudes to smoking cessation interventions were positive and participants supported the importance of participation in tobacco control policies.

Keyword

Smoking cessation; Attitudes; Policy; Nurse

MeSH Terms

Education
Jurisprudence
Surveys and Questionnaires
Smoke*
Smoking Cessation*
Smoking*
Tobacco Products
Tobacco*
Smoke