title: [Survey on smoking in nursing students].
abstract: The study reports the results of a survey about smoking collected by a self-administered questionnaire in nursing students at Pavia University. Responders were 393 (80%: M = 132, F = 261, mean age 24.66 +/- 5.64). 45% of the students (51.5% males and 41.8% females) were smokers. Cigarettes consumption was 12.33 cigarettes/day in males and 10.49 cigarettes/day in females; males began smoking at 16 years of age, while females at 17 years. Smoking in family members as well as father's educational level were positively associated to smoking. 66.5% of smokers stated they would like to quit and the most of them are pressed in this decision by family (49.7%) and friends (49.2%). The results of the study describe an unhealthy lifestyle: in future it seems necessary to organize counselling or interventions in order to quit smoking.
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Medicina Preventiva, Occupazionale e di Comunità, Sezione di Igiene, Università degli Studi di Pavia. gallotti@unipv.it
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Gallotti
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Maccagni
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Roncarolo
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Ramella
authors.forename: M T
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: Tenconi
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006306:Health Surveys; D006801:Humans; D007558:Italy / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D015995:Prevalence; D012307:Risk Factors; D012907:Smoking / Q000453:epidemiology*; D016540:Smoking Cessation / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000523:psychology; D013338:Students, Nursing / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires