Wednesday, April 28, 2010

Nursing Students Twice as Likely to Smoke as the General Population, Italian Study Finds

Public health experts are calling for urgent steps to reduce the number of healthcare professionals who smoke, after a survey of over 800 new nursing students found that more than half were current or former smokers.

Smoking prevention is an important issue and healthcare professionals, especially physicians and nurses, can play a major role in helping people to understand the consequences that smoking can have on their health and their lives.

Is it right for the medical personnel to smoke especially when they are in the hospital?

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6 comments:

  1. DeannaApril 28, 2010 at 6:13 AM

    ....NO. because when health professionals smoke it makes it more difficult for them to encourage patients to stop...

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  2. karen_hartzApril 28, 2010 at 7:50 AM

    obviously,it is not right.patients are in the hospital for them to achieve wellness.health care officials should set a good example on promoting good health to patients and to other people as well..

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  3. AnonymousApril 30, 2010 at 1:02 AM

    sakit nmn sa mata!
    NO SMOKING! There are in the medical profession therefore they should be the one to implement of not smoking!

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  4. alyssaApril 30, 2010 at 1:15 AM

    of course it's not right. . we should be the ones promoting health not destroying it. . and we should now best what the consequences of smoking are so we should stop it. . ;D

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  5. AksApril 30, 2010 at 1:21 AM

    it's never good and right to smoke. lol

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  6. mowmoMay 3, 2010 at 4:17 AM

    smoking kills!! :D
    follow me too! tnx

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