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