The Results of a Survey of Smoking in the Students of JA Gifu Kouseiren Nurses' School / 日本農村医学会雑誌

ABSTRACT

An unsigned questionnaire survey of smoking was taken on all 101 students of JA Gifu Kouseiren Nurses' School. The smoking rate of the students as of July 2001 worked out at 17.8%(18 in 101 students). Most student smokers said they smoke less than 15 cigarettes a day, each containing less than 0.9mg of nicotine, and their Fagerstrom Tolerance Questionnaire (FTQ) index came to 1.94±1.51, suggesting their nicotine dependence is not so much as we thought. Almost 80% of the students who habitually smoke said they wish to quit smoking. Almost 80% of the students who do not smoke said they feel unpleasant to other person's smoking, and in contrast the remaining 20% of them said they feel like start smoking. These results suggest that there is a pressing need for advising the nurse students not to form the smoking habit and bringing the harm of smoking home to them in class.