Despite the accumulation of evidence about the risks of tobacco use in recent decades,
smoking remains an important public health problem. Although significant advances for its …

Abstract Introduction and Aims. As medical practitioners of the future, medical students
should be taught about tobacco control strategies and smoking cessation interventions. By …

Introduction Health professionals play an important role in providing advice to their patients
about tobacco prevention and cessation. Health professionals who use tobacco may be …

Background Tobacco smoking issues in developing countries are usually taught non-
systematically as and when the topic arose. The World Health Organisation and Global …

Background Involving medical personnel in all aspects of smoking control in the community
is indispensable. In a trial to enhance the participation of healthcare professionals in …

Tobacco is a major preventable cause of premature morbidity and mortality. Health
professionals are uniquely positioned to provide targeted interventions and should be …

Aims of the study were to compare medical students (MS) to non-MS with respect to their
knowledge of smoking and to investigate the effect of a short educational intervention on MS …

Objectives The aim of this study was to assess the prevalence of tobacco use and exposure
to secondhand smoke among students of health professions (SHPs) and determine possible …

Introduction: In many countries, smoking cessation interventions are not routinely delivered
as recommended in national and international guidelines. This may be because of incorrect …

Despite of the accumulation of scientific evidence confirming the health consequences of
smoking and the new paradigm of smoking as a disease where nicotine is the drug that …