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OBJECTIVES:To collect information from third year medical students attending Croatian medical schools on prevalence of cigarette smoking and other tobacco use, exposure to second-hand smoke, desire to quit using tobacco, attitudes and training concerning counselling patients on tobacco cessation. METHODS:Global Health Professionals Survey (GHPS) was conducted in 2005 in all four Croatian medical schools with a census of third year medical students (404 out of 409, response rate 98.5%) using an anonymous, confidential and self-reported questionnaire. RESULTS:More than two thirds (67.4%) of medical students in Croatia have ever smoked cigarettes, and over one third (36.6%) are smoking cigarettes currently. Half of the medical students (50.4%) report exposure to second hand smoke at home. Less than a third of current smokers (30.9%) have received cessation assistance when they tried to quit. CONCLUSIONS:Our findings indicate significant tobacco use among medical students in Croatia. There is an urgent need to reduce this harmful behaviour through more comprehensive public health initiatives, provision of support for cessation among health professionals who smoke and provision of training to health professionals to assist their patients with cessation.
journal_name
Int J Public Healthjournal_title
International journal of public healthauthors
Vrazic H,Ljubicic D,Schneider NKdoi
10.1007/s00038-008-7005-5subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2008-01-01 00:00:00pages
111-7issue
2eissn
1661-8556issn
1661-8564journal_volume
53pub_type
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