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Prevalence of nurse smokers and variables identified with successful and unsuccessful smoking cessation
Author(s) -
Feldman Bernadine M.,
Richard Elaine
Publication year - 1986
Publication title -
research in nursing and health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.836
H-Index - 85
eISSN - 1098-240X
pISSN - 0160-6891
DOI - 10.1002/nur.4770090208
Subject(s) - smoking cessation , medicine , quit smoking , family medicine , smoking prevalence , demography , sociology , pathology
A mailed survey of 823 randomly selected registered nurses, constituting an 82% return rate, was conducted to determine the prevalence and quit rate of smoking related behaviors. Variables identified with successful quitters and continuing smokers also were investigated. The findings revealed that nurses have a decreased proportion of current smokers, an increased proportion of never smokers, and an increased quit smoking rate. The smoking cessation method used most frequently by successful quitters was “cold turkey.”