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Knowledge, attitudes, and training in tobacco dependence and cessation treatment among nursing strudents in Catalonia (ECTEC study): cross-sectional study
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Nursing students are part of the future health labor force; thus, knowing their knowledge and participation in tobacco control is of importance. Multicenter cross-sectional study conducted to assess nursing students' knowledge, attitudes, and training in tobacco dependence and treatment at 15 nursing schools in Catalonia. We employed a self-administered questionnaire. A total of 4,381 students participated. Few respondents (21.1%) knew how to assess smokers' nicotine dependence, and less than half (41.4%) knew about the smoking cessation therapies. Most (80%) had been educated on the health risks of smoking, 50% about the reasons why people smoke and one-third on how to provide cessation aid. Students in the last years of training were more likely to have received these two contents. Nursing students lack sufficient knowledge to assess and treat tobacco dependence and are rarely trained in such subjects. Nursing curricula in tobacco dependence and treatment should be strengthened to tackle the first preventable cause of disease worldwide.
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MARTÍNEZ MARTÍNEZ, Cristina, et al. Knowledge, attitudes, and training in tobacco dependence and cessation treatment among nursing strudents in Catalonia (ECTEC study): cross-sectional study. International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction. 2021. Vol. 21, num. 2. ISSN 1557-1874. [consulted: 14 of June of 2026]. Available at: https://hdl.handle.net/2445/200680