RT Journal Article
T1 Comparative Analysis of Smoking Awareness Among Nursing Students and Professionals in Spain
A1 García Suárez, Mario
A1 Ordás Campos, Beatriz
A1 Fernández Fernández, Jesús Antonio
A1 Méndez Martínez, Carlos
A1 Gómez Salgado, Juan
A1 Fernández García, Daniel
AB Background: Tobacco consumption is considered one of the main risk factors in the development of non-communicable diseasessuch as respiratory, cardiovascular, or oncological diseases, among others. Nurses play an important role in identifying smokers andmaking them aware of the consequences of tobacco use, advising them on smoking cessation.Objective: The aim of this study was to carry out a comparative analysis of the level of smoking awareness among nursing studentsand professionals.Methods: Descriptive cross-sectional study using an anonymous self-administered questionnaire, previously validated. This questionnairewas given to nursing students between March and June 2022 and to nursing professionals between January and March 2023.Results: The prevalence of tobacco use was found to be 14.5% among nursing students and 19.1% among nursing professionals.Regarding the level of awareness, professionals always obtained better results than students, with statistically significant differenceswhen analysing the mean scores obtained in the questionnaires regarding awareness of the effects of tobacco consumption in activesmokers (8.72 vs 8.07; p<0.001) and of the pathologies that could manifest in passive smokers (5.49 vs 5.27; p=0.008).Conclusion: The results of the analysis show that professionals seem to be better educated and to use tobacco more than students. Theawareness that professionals have about the different consequences of active and/or passive smoking does not lead to a decrease in theprevalence of smoking, probably because the number of years they have been using cigarettes is much higher than that of students.Similarly, proving an acceptable level of awareness does not result in professionals promoting smoking cessation programmes
PB Taylor and Francis Group
SN 1179-1594 (electrónico)
YR 2025
FD 2025-02
LK https://hdl.handle.net/10272/25635
UL https://hdl.handle.net/10272/25635
LA eng
NO García-Suárez, M., Ordás-Campos, B., Fernández-Fernández, J. A., Méndez-Martínez, C., Gómez-Salgado, J., & Fernández-García, D. (2025). Comparative Analysis of Smoking Awareness Among Nursing Students and Professionals in Spain. Risk Management and Healthcare Policy, Volume 18, 605–616. https://doi.org/10.2147/rmhp.s501043
DS Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Huelva
RD 31 may 2026