... and intentions across outcomes of diet, exercise, smoking and stress management. The course was adapted to include motivational interviewing (MI) consistent content. Design/methodology/approach Students in Health Psychology (N = 477) completed surveys assessing health behaviors and importance...

...Julian de Meyrick; Farhat Yusuf Purpose The purpose of this study is to identify correlates of tobacco smoking behaviour across various socio-demographic segments of the Australian population. Design/methodology/approach Data from two nationally representative, probability samples of persons...

...Maryam Dilmaghani Purpose Over the years, many upstream health policies have sought to reduce smoking across populations. While smoking has been substantially reduced, the effects of these policies on education-smoking gradient remain unclear. The present paper compares the education-smoking...

...Kate Ann Levin; David Anderson; Emilia Crighton Purpose The purpose of this study is to calculate gender and socioeconomic status (SES) inequalities in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) in Greater Glasgow and Clyde and measure the proportion of inequalities explained by smoking...

... revealed that indigenous people completing high school have better health outcomes than those who have not. Other findings from this study show that those indigenous people with unfinished high school attendance appear to have a more frequent smoking habit and less physical exercise. Also, focusing...

... of significant psychological determinants in regards to a young smoker’s intention to quit smoking. Accordingly, a survey instrument was designed to collect data from young smokers in Bangladesh using the convenience sampling method. A total of 500 self-administered questionnaires were distributed, out of which...

...Afzal Sheikh; Sunil Vadera; Michael Ravey; Gary Lovatt; Grace Kelly Purpose Over 200,000 young people in the UK embark on a smoking career annually, thus continued effort is required to understand the types of interventions that are most effective in changing perceptions about smoking amongst...

...Robyn Johnston; Lydia Hearn; Donna Cross; Laura T. Thomas; Sharon Bell Purpose – While parents’ influence on their children’s smoking behaviour is widely recognised, little is known about parents of four to eight year olds’ attitudes and beliefs around smoking cessation and how they communicate...

... campus communities protest against smoke-free policies and rate the disruptiveness of the protests. Design/methodology/approach – Researchers located and analyzed news reports regarding 21 protests over newly implemented or proposed policies on college campuses in the USA. Findings – Protests...

...Xiaoquan Zhao; Xiaoli Nan; Bo Yang; Irina Alexandra Iles Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to test the effects of cigarette warning labels that used text-only or text-plus relevant graphics. The labels were framed in terms of either the negative consequences of smoking (loss frame...

...Han Zao Li; Dunjin Zhou; Yaqiong Yan; Huihong Yu; Qinghua Xia; Niannian Yang; Zhifeng Zhang; Zhaoyang Zhu; Fang Li; Jie Gong Purpose This study aims to examine whether, in the opinion of patients selected in 13 hospitals of Hubei province, China, hospitals are smoke free. Patients were also asked...

...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...

... 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...

...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...

...Vidya Amey Purpose This paper aims to explore the beliefs and attitudes of young mothers in relation to smokefree homes and passive smoke in Guernsey, and to encourage them to contribute to the designing of a smokefree home leaflet and pack aimed at young mothers. Design/methodology/approach...

...Margaret Black; Linda McKie; Elaine Allen This article considers the work of an adult education project, second chance learning (SCL), in helping its clients not only to try to stop smoking, but also to examine the place of tobacco in their lives. SCL undertook this work as one of three projects...

... of smoking. The technique proved both useful and appropriate for young children, although in practice the groups needed more direction by the moderator than is thought to be ideal with adults. The findings produced by the study were comparable to those attained by other research methods...

...Kevin Lucas; Barbara Lloyd; David Hitchin Observes that UK smoking prevention programmes have limited success. However, there is evidence that individual differences may mediate the effectiveness of such programmes. In order to measure personality, which is a major source of individual difference...

.... Universities were on the whole supportive, but raised some concerns, which are discussed next. © MCB UP Limited 2001 Smoking Codes of practice Tobacco industry Funding The aim of the initiative described in this paper was to develop the arguments, harness support for, implement...