Abstract
About 28% of college students smoke tobacco, and many will continue smoking into adulthood. Although little is known about how to help college students quit smoking, 1 promising strategy is healthcare providers' advice. To estimate their lifetime receipt of brief advice and to identify characteristics that predict who may receive that advice, 348 college students completed a survey about their smoking and related practices. Seventy-seven percent of the smokers (73% of the students) were asked about smoking. Of those smokers, 57% were advised to quit, 22% were given advice about quitting, 5% were helped with setting a quit date, and 4% were offered follow-up. Occasional smokers were less likely than daily smokers to be advised to quit. Although 36.2% of the smokers did not report their smoking accurately, smokers who were accurate were more likely to be advised to quit and to be given advice about quitting.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 117-126 |
Number of pages | 10 |
Journal | Journal of American College Health |
Volume | 53 |
Issue number | 3 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 2004 |
Externally published | Yes |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:This research was supported by grants from the National Cancer Institute (K07 CA87714 and RO1 CA77856) and the Cancer Research and Prevention Foundation, as well as by a summer fellowship from the University of Kansas Medical Center School of Graduate Studies.
Keywords
- Physicians' practice patterns
- Smoking
- Smoking cessation
- Students
- Universities