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Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Reports (MMWRs)
Tobacco Use and Cessation Counseling—Global Health Professionals Survey Pilot Study, 10 Countries, 2005
May 27, 2005 / Vol. 54 / No. 20
MMWR Highlights
- Current cigarette smoking is projected to cause nearly 450 million deaths
worldwide during the next 50 years.
- The rate of current cigarette smoking among third-year health profession
students was higher than 20% in seven of the 10 countries surveyed.
- Current cigarette smoking among students was most prevalent in Albania,
Argentina (Buenos Aires), Bangladesh, Croatia, Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina,
the Philippines, and the Republic of Serbia (Belgrade). Rates range from 18.1
% (Republic of Serbia [Belgrade] medical students) to 47.1% (Albania
pharmacy students).
- Current cigarette smoking among students was the lowest among Ugandan
nursing (0.5%) and medical (2.8%) students, Egyptian medical
students (7.9%), and Indian dental students (9.6%).
- Male students were significantly more likely than female students to currently
smoke cigarettes in Albania, Bangladesh, Egypt, India, Philippines, Republic
of Serbia (Belgrade) (medical students only), and Uganda. Only among Serbian
dental students were females significantly more likely than males to currently
smoke cigarettes.
- Students (86.6% to 99.8%) in all four health disciplines
and in all 10 countries believed health professionals should advise patients
about smoking cessation.
- Most (87% to 99%) third-year dental, medical, nursing, and
pharmacy students in the countries surveyed believe they should have a role
in counseling patients to quit smoking.
- More than 90% of third-year students (90.3% to 99.0%)
in every survey except medical students in Croatia (71.7%) thought
health-profession students should receive cessation counseling training as
part of their normal curriculum.
- Students who had received formal training in tobacco cessation counseling
ranged from 5.2% among medical students in Argentina (Buenos Aires)
to 36.6% among pharmacy students in the Philippines.
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