Nursing students' perception towards smoke-free regulations in hospitals and university campuses: a cross-sectional multicenter study
Introduction Outdoor smoke-free regulations reduce exposure to secondhand smoke (SHS) and help to denormalize tobacco use. As future key agents in health promotion, nursing students’ attitudes should agree with tobacco-control policies. Our objective was to assess nursing students’ exposure to SHS i...
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| author | Yolanda Castellano Marcela Fu Kenza Laroussy Antoni Baena Ariadna Feliu Albert Bueno Antonio López Joseph Guydish Esteve Fernández Cristina Martínez |
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Outdoor smoke-free regulations reduce exposure to secondhand smoke (SHS) and help to denormalize tobacco use. As future key agents in health promotion, nursing students’ attitudes should agree with tobacco-control policies. Our objective was to assess nursing students’ exposure to SHS in nursing schools, to explore their perception towards compliance with the existing smoke-free regulations in acute hospitals, and to describe their support for banning smoking in indoor and outdoor areas of hospital and university campuses.
Material and Methods
Cross-sectional multicenter study conducted in 2015-2016 in all 15 university nursing schools in Catalonia, Spain. A questionnaire gathered information about SHS exposure, awareness of the smoke-free regulation in acute hospitals, and support for smoke-free policies in hospitals and university campuses. We performed descriptive analyses and calculated adjusted prevalence ratios (aPR) and their 95% confidence intervals (CI).
Results
From 4381 respondents, 99.1% had seen people smoking in outdoor areas of their university campuses, and 75.2% were exposed to SHS on the campus (6.0% indoors and 69.2% outdoors). Near 60% were aware of the smoking regulation in force in acute hospitals. Support for indoor smoke-free regulation in hospitals was widespread (98.7%), while it was lower (64.8%) for outdoor areas. About 33% supported regulating outdoor healthcare university campuses to make them smoke-free, being higher among those in the third year of training as compared to the first-year students (aPR: 1.41; 95% CI: 1.24-1.62), among never smokers (41.4%; aPR: 2.84; 95% CI: 2.21-3.64) compared to smokers, and among those who were aware of the regulation (38.4%; 95% CI: 1.37-1.75).
Conclusions
SHS exposure on university campuses is high. Nursing students express low support for strengthening outdoor smoking bans on hospital and university campuses. Measures aiming to increase their support should be implemented. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-0fe51059816945e1927c741bad3b18342024-01-31T10:28:10ZengEuropean PublishingTobacco Prevention and Cessation2459-30872023-04-019Supplement10.18332/tpc/162791162791Nursing students' perception towards smoke-free regulations in hospitals and university campuses: a cross-sectional multicenter studyYolanda Castellano0Marcela Fu1Kenza Laroussy2Antoni Baena3Ariadna Feliu4Albert Bueno5Antonio López6Joseph Guydish7Esteve Fernández8Cristina Martínez9Institut Català d’Oncologia, l’Hospitalet de Llobregat, SpainInstitut Català d’Oncologia, l’Hospitalet de Llobregat, SpainInstitut Català d’Oncologia, l’Hospitalet de Llobregat, SpainInstitut Català d’Oncologia, l’Hospitalet de Llobregat, SpainInstitut Català d’Oncologia, l’Hospitalet de Llobregat, SpainCAP Roses, Institut Català de la Salut, Roses, SpainCAP Valls Urbà, Institut Català de la Salut, Tarragona, SpainUniversity of California San Francisco, San Francisco, United States of AmericaInstitut Català d’Oncologia, l’Hospitalet de Llobregat, SpainInstitut Català d’Oncologia, l’Hospitalet de Llobregat, SpainIntroduction Outdoor smoke-free regulations reduce exposure to secondhand smoke (SHS) and help to denormalize tobacco use. As future key agents in health promotion, nursing students’ attitudes should agree with tobacco-control policies. Our objective was to assess nursing students’ exposure to SHS in nursing schools, to explore their perception towards compliance with the existing smoke-free regulations in acute hospitals, and to describe their support for banning smoking in indoor and outdoor areas of hospital and university campuses. Material and Methods Cross-sectional multicenter study conducted in 2015-2016 in all 15 university nursing schools in Catalonia, Spain. A questionnaire gathered information about SHS exposure, awareness of the smoke-free regulation in acute hospitals, and support for smoke-free policies in hospitals and university campuses. We performed descriptive analyses and calculated adjusted prevalence ratios (aPR) and their 95% confidence intervals (CI). Results From 4381 respondents, 99.1% had seen people smoking in outdoor areas of their university campuses, and 75.2% were exposed to SHS on the campus (6.0% indoors and 69.2% outdoors). Near 60% were aware of the smoking regulation in force in acute hospitals. Support for indoor smoke-free regulation in hospitals was widespread (98.7%), while it was lower (64.8%) for outdoor areas. About 33% supported regulating outdoor healthcare university campuses to make them smoke-free, being higher among those in the third year of training as compared to the first-year students (aPR: 1.41; 95% CI: 1.24-1.62), among never smokers (41.4%; aPR: 2.84; 95% CI: 2.21-3.64) compared to smokers, and among those who were aware of the regulation (38.4%; 95% CI: 1.37-1.75). Conclusions SHS exposure on university campuses is high. Nursing students express low support for strengthening outdoor smoking bans on hospital and university campuses. Measures aiming to increase their support should be implemented.https://www.tobaccopreventioncessation.com/Nursing-students-perception-towards-smoke-free-regulations-in-hospitals-and-university,162791,0,2.htmlnursingsecondhand exposurestudentsattitudessmoke-free policiespublic health |
| spellingShingle | Yolanda Castellano Marcela Fu Kenza Laroussy Antoni Baena Ariadna Feliu Albert Bueno Antonio López Joseph Guydish Esteve Fernández Cristina Martínez Nursing students' perception towards smoke-free regulations in hospitals and university campuses: a cross-sectional multicenter study Tobacco Prevention and Cessation nursing secondhand exposure students attitudes smoke-free policies public health |
| title | Nursing students' perception towards smoke-free regulations in hospitals and university campuses: a cross-sectional multicenter study |
| title_full | Nursing students' perception towards smoke-free regulations in hospitals and university campuses: a cross-sectional multicenter study |
| title_fullStr | Nursing students' perception towards smoke-free regulations in hospitals and university campuses: a cross-sectional multicenter study |
| title_full_unstemmed | Nursing students' perception towards smoke-free regulations in hospitals and university campuses: a cross-sectional multicenter study |
| title_short | Nursing students' perception towards smoke-free regulations in hospitals and university campuses: a cross-sectional multicenter study |
| title_sort | nursing students perception towards smoke free regulations in hospitals and university campuses a cross sectional multicenter study |
| topic | nursing secondhand exposure students attitudes smoke-free policies public health |
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