title: Tobacco cessation practices of senior dental students in Iran.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Tobacco use is prevalent in Iran, especially among men. The aim was to assess cessation practices and identify perceived barriers to delivery of tobacco cessation services by Iranian senior dental students.
  
  
  METHODS
  Descriptive, cross-sectional study.
  
  
  METHODS
  Iran, Schools of Dentistry, 2009-2010.
  
  
  METHODS
  370 (response rate 82%) officially registered senior dental students selected through stratified random sampling.
  
  
  METHODS
  Students at 11 dental schools throughout the country completed the survey.
  
  
  METHODS
  Students' practice of the US Clinical Practice Guideline 5 As (ask, advise, assess, assist, arrange); interest in training; intention and barriers addressing tobacco use in dental settings.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Respondents were primarily female (67.8%). The students were far more likely to be actively involved in asking, advising and assessing patients to quit than in assisting and arranging. Most respondents (68.5%) agreed that it is within the scope of dental practice to help smokers quit. The most important barriers to providing cessation services included perceived patient resistance (44%) and lack of a supportive organisation (36%). This was the first assessment of approaches to tobacco users by dental students in Iran. Although there clearly is room for improvement, the interest of the students toward tobacco cessation is encouraging.
authors: Dental Research Center and Dental School, Shahid Behshti University of Medical Sciences, Daneshjo BLVD, Evin Square, Tehran, Iran.
authors: Arezoo Ebn
authors: AE
authors: Ahmady
authors: Shima
authors: S
authors: Golmohammadi
authors: Sara
authors: S
authors: Ayremlou
authors: Mohammad Hossein
authors: MH
authors: Khoshnevisan
authors: Harry Alan
authors: HA
authors: Lando
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D001294:Attitude to Health; D003376:Counseling / Q000379:methods; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D003812:Dentist-Patient Relations; D004497:Education, Dental; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D033182:Intention; D007492:Iran; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D012907:Smoking / Q000523:psychology; D016540:Smoking Cessation / Q000379:methods / Q000523:psychology*; D013335:Students, Dental / Q000523:psychology*; D055815:Young Adult