Smoking in health science students with asthma

Can Respir J. 2004 Oct;11(7):476. doi: 10.1155/2004/730183.

Abstract

It is expected that asthmatic students in a health science department would avoid the hazards of cigarette smoking due to the knowledge they gain through their studies. Surprisingly, health science students with asthma had a higher prevalence of smoking than their healthy colleagues.

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Asthma / epidemiology*
  • Asthma / psychology
  • Attitude to Health
  • Canada / epidemiology
  • Female
  • Health Behavior
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Prevalence
  • Smoking / epidemiology*
  • Smoking / psychology
  • Students, Nursing / psychology
  • Students, Nursing / statistics & numerical data*