...Han Zao Li; Yanping Cui; Mao Ying; Hongqi Fan Purpose This paper aims to investigate the average daily consumption of cigarettes and its correlates, attitudes toward smoking, and suggestions for anti‐smoking measures in a sample of Chinese college student smokers. Design/methodology/approach...

...Han Zao Li; Han Zao Li; Yu Zhang; Karen MacDonell; Xiao Ping Li; Xinguang Chen Purpose The main purpose of this study is to determine the cigarette smoking rate and smoking cessation counseling frequency in a sample of Chinese nurses. Design/methodology/approach At the time of data collection...

...Han Zao Li; Han Zao Li Purpose The goal of the special issue is to review current cigarette smoking trends in China; this article aims to provide an overview of the main themes of the special issue. Design/methodology/approach The instruments for data collection of the five studies...

... smoking status in their latest visit to a doctor and 23.8 percent reported receiving tobacco cessation counseling. Compared to hospitals in large cities, patients from medium/small city hospitals reported significantly higher levels of cigarette smoking among physicians, and poorer implementation...

...Han Zao Li; Jie Gong; Zhifeng Zhang; Zhaoyang Zhu; Jun Wan; Niannian Yang; Fang Li; Huiling Sun; Weiping Li; Jiang Xia; Dunjin Zhou; Xinguang Chen Purpose The paper seeks to report data on cigarette smoking, anti‐smoking practices, physicians' receipt of anti‐smoking training, and the association...

... patients as well as the general population in China. The goal of this study is to update information on the prevalence of cigarette smoking among Chinese medical students and to assess modifiable factors for smoking reduction. Design/methodology/approach Presented in the paper are descriptive...

... or occasionally smoke tobacco, including manufactured cigarettes, roll‐your‐own cigarettes, cigars and pipes. This indicator was calculated for all persons aged 18 to 60 years. Cigarettes Stress Depression Social care Students Australia Tobacco smoking is responsible for the greatest disease...

..., In addition, the implementation of health education programmes, which are designed to modify behaviour via a change in attitudes and beliefs in university, should be examined. Originality/value The association between cigarette smoking and morbidity and quality of life among university students...

.... Children (age groups) Cigarettes Education Parents Guernsey Smoking is known to be the most preventable cause of mortality worldwide. In 1995, 28 per cent of the adult population of the Channel Island of Guernsey were smokers, and there was no smokefree legislation or any structured smokefree...

...). J. Hacker can be contacted at: jhacker68uk@yahoo.com © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2010 Tobacco Cigarettes Personal health Urban communities Public health United Kingdom The introduction of comprehensive smoke‐free workplace regulations in countries across the world...

... 2010 Personal health Cigarettes Addiction The Netherlands The smoking of tobacco continues to be a major preventable cause of illness and premature death. The Surgeon General concluded that smoking “harms nearly every organ of the body, causing many diseases and reducing the health...

... and smoking intensity. Nissim Ben David can be contacted at: nissimb@yvc.ac.il © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2009 Cigarettes Tobacco Individual behaviour Israel Cigarette smoking remains the leading cause of preventable morbidity and mortality (Winickoff et al., 2005...

... to this transition among Dutch general practices after a trialability opportunity. Cigarettes General practice Health education The Netherlands Advice from general practitioners (GPs) has a significant positive effect on smoking cessation rates, even if this advice is brief (Lancaster et al...

... to be cool and because they were curious about the taste of a cigarette. Smokers felt that smoking is sociable and relaxing, while non‐smokers emphasized the negative consequences of smoking. Smokers expected to quit smoking when the price of cigarettes further increased, or when they fell ill as a result...

..., filled out a questionnaire asking about their own smoking status, their anti‐smoking behaviors as well as their opinions on how to reduce cigarette smoking in China. Findings The paper finds that 54 percent of the male and 8.4 percent of the female physicians were current cigarette smokers. When...

...Karen Leppel Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore the relation between college class and cigarette‐smoking behavior in the USA. Design/methodology/approach National College Health Risk Behavior Survey (NCHRBS) data were employed. Five binary and two cumulative logit equations...

... in mobile phone use and the inclusion of more mature participants would help elucidate any age‐related effects. Simon Cassidy can be contacted at: s.cassidy@salford.ac.uk © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2006 Health education Telephone equipment Adolescents Cigarettes Self...

.... Originality/value The findings provide important guidance for health educators developing anti‐smoking campaigns. The findings provide assistance in the development of targeting and message strategy guidelines. Tobacco Health education Cigarettes Expenditure Addiction Australia For over 40...

...Emma Croghan; Paul Aveyard; Carol Johnson Purpose There is a discrepancy between the ease of purchase of cigarettes reported by young people themselves and the results of ease of purchase obtained by tests done by official sources such as Trading Standards Units. This discrepancy suggests...

... Control and Prevention, 2000). Thus, school‐based tobacco prevention efforts are an easy and cost effective way to reach a large number of children – the group most susceptible to this pernicious but preventable problem. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2005 Tobacco Cigarettes Primary...