title: Smoking among psychiatric nurses: does it hinder tobacco dependence treatment?
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Data on tobacco dependence treatment for patients with mental illness are limited.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  Describe factors associated with psychiatric nurses' tobacco interventions.
  
  
  METHODS
  Survey of 100 psychiatric nurses.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The majority "always/usually" asked (87%), advised (70%), and assessed (74%) tobacco use. A minority (49%) assisted with quit attempts, and arranged (21%) for follow-up. Former (56%, odds ratio [OR] = 0.13, 95% confidence interval [CI] = 0.02, 0.88) and current smokers (20%, OR = .08, 95% CI = 0.01, 0.72) were less likely to ask about tobacco use than never smokers.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Efforts are needed to promote tobacco cessation and to support nurses who smoke to quit.
authors.affiliation: School of Nursing, University of California, Los Angeles, lsarna@sonnet.ucla.edu.
authors.forename: Linda
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Sarna
authors.forename: Stella Aguinaga
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Bialous
authors.forename: Marjorie J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Wells
authors.forename: Jenny
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kotlerman