Three-Year Follow-up of Smoking Prevalence, Knowledge, Attitudes and Beliefs Among Pharmacy Students at UMPhST, Targu Mures

Fazakas, Zita; Nemes-Nagy, Eniko; Fogarasi, Erzsebet; Preg, Zoltan; Laszlo, Mihaly Imre; Kelemen, Hajnal; German-Sallo, Marta; Balazs, Peter; Szekely, Melinda; Nimigean, Vanda Roxana; Foley, Kristie; Abram, Zoltan; Kikeli, Pal Istvan

Zita Fazakas, Eniko Nemes-Nagy, Erzsebet Fogarasi, Zoltan Preg, Mihaly Imre Laszlo, Hajnal Kelemen, Marta German-Sallo, Peter Balazs, Melinda Szekely, Vanda Roxana Nimigean, Kristie Foley, Zoltan Abram, Pal Istvan Kikeli

Three-Year Follow-up of Smoking Prevalence, Knowledge, Attitudes and Beliefs Among Pharmacy Students at UMPhST, Targu Mures

Abstract:

Objectives of the study were to investigate the smoking prevalence, knowledge, attitudes and beliefs among Romanian pharmacy students. Surveys were conducted among pharmacy students during 2014-2016. A locally-adapted version of the Global Health Professional Students Survey was used, which is a self-administered questionnaire developed by the World Health Organization to assess smoking behaviors and attitudes among health professional students. The study was conducted at the University of Medicine, Pharmacy, Science and Technology (UMPhST) of Targu Mures, Romania (UMPh of Targu Mures, at that time). All pharmacy students (1st-5th years) were invited to participate in this study. In the first year of the study 414, during the second year 396, and in the third year a number of 449 pharmacy students were enrolled in our survey. There were assessed the prevalence of current cigarette smoking and other tobacco use in pharmacy students, defined as smoking or other tobacco use at least once in the past 30 days, and also the opinion, knowledge and attitude of these students regarding the tobacco-related legislation. 29.5% of the evaluated pharmacy students were current smokers in the first year of the study, 26.1% in the second year and 29.9% in the third year of the study. 45.7% of the enrolled pharmacy students used other tobacco products in the past 30 days in 2014, 41.5% in 2015 and 44.4% in 2016. Among current smokers desire to quit was high, ranging between 93.6-96.4%. Support for tobacco-banning legislation among pharmacy students showed significant increase in the last year of our study. This study contributes to knowledge on tobacco use among pharmacy students at the UMPhST in Targu Mures, Romania. Our results suggest that smoking prevalence in this cohort is low and that these health professional students are supportive of tobacco control policies. At the end of study period the National Clean Air Law nr. 15/2016 was implemented in Romania and our university became the first smoke-free medical university in the country.

Keywords:
pharmacy students; University of Medicine; Pharmacy; Science and Technology; smoke-free medical university; prevalence of smoking; quit smoking

Issue: 2019, Volume 70, Issue 6

Pages: 2099-2104

Publication date: 2019/7/15

https://doi.org/10.37358/RC.19.6.7283

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FAZAKAS, Z., NEMES-NAGY, E., FOGARASI, E., PREG, Z., LASZLO, M.I., KELEMEN, H., GERMAN-SALLO, M., BALAZS, P., SZEKELY, M., NIMIGEAN, V.R., FOLEY, K., ABRAM, Z., KIKELI, P.I., Three-Year Follow-up of Smoking Prevalence, Knowledge, Attitudes and Beliefs Among Pharmacy Students at UMPhST, Targu Mures, Rev. Chim., 70(6), 2019, 2099-2104.

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Fazakas Z, Nemes-Nagy E, Fogarasi E, Preg Z, Laszlo MI, Kelemen H, German-Sallo M, Balazs P, Szekely M, Nimigean VR, Foley K, Abram Z, Kikeli PI. Three-Year Follow-up of Smoking Prevalence, Knowledge, Attitudes and Beliefs Among Pharmacy Students at UMPhST, Targu Mures. Rev. Chim.[internet]. 2019 Jun;70(6):2099-2104. Available from: https://doi.org/10.37358/RC.19.6.7283

APA 6th edition
Fazakas, Z., Nemes-Nagy, E., Fogarasi, E., Preg, Z., Laszlo, M.I., Kelemen, H.,... Kikeli, P.I. (2019). Three-Year Follow-up of Smoking Prevalence, Knowledge, Attitudes and Beliefs Among Pharmacy Students at UMPhST, Targu Mures. Revista de Chimie, 70(6), 2099-2104. https://doi.org/10.37358/RC.19.6.7283

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Fazakas, Z., Nemes-Nagy, E., Fogarasi, E., Preg, Z., Laszlo, M.I., Kelemen, H., German-Sallo, M., Balazs, P., Szekely, M., Nimigean, V.R., Foley, K., Abram, Z., Kikeli, P.I. (2019). 'Three-Year Follow-up of Smoking Prevalence, Knowledge, Attitudes and Beliefs Among Pharmacy Students at UMPhST, Targu Mures', Revista de Chimie, 70(6), pp. 2099-2104. https://doi.org/10.37358/RC.19.6.7283

IEEE
Z. Fazakas, E. Nemes-Nagy, E. Fogarasi, Z. Preg, M.I. Laszlo, H. Kelemen, M. German-Sallo, P. Balazs, M. Szekely, V.R. Nimigean, K. Foley, Z. Abram, P.I. Kikeli, "Three-Year Follow-up of Smoking Prevalence, Knowledge, Attitudes and Beliefs Among Pharmacy Students at UMPhST, Targu Mures". Revista de Chimie, vol. 70, no. 6, pp. 2099-2104, 2019. [online]. https://doi.org/10.37358/RC.19.6.7283

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Zita Fazakas, Eniko Nemes-Nagy, Erzsebet Fogarasi, Zoltan Preg, Mihaly Imre Laszlo, Hajnal Kelemen, Marta German-Sallo, Peter Balazs, Melinda Szekely, Vanda Roxana Nimigean, Kristie Foley, Zoltan Abram, Pal Istvan Kikeli,
Three-Year Follow-up of Smoking Prevalence, Knowledge, Attitudes and Beliefs Among Pharmacy Students at UMPhST, Targu Mures,
Revista de Chimie,
Volume 70, Issue 6,
2019,
Pages 2099-2104,
ISSN 2668-8212,
https://doi.org/10.37358/RC.19.6.7283.
(https://revistadechimie.ro/Articles.asp?ID=7283)
Keywords: pharmacy students; University of Medicine; Pharmacy; Science and Technology; smoke-free medical university; prevalence of smoking; quit smoking

RIS
TY - JOUR
T1 - Three-Year Follow-up of Smoking Prevalence, Knowledge, Attitudes and Beliefs Among Pharmacy Students at UMPhST, Targu Mures
A1 - Fazakas, Zita
A2 - Nemes-Nagy, Eniko
A3 - Fogarasi, Erzsebet
A4 - Preg, Zoltan
A5 - Laszlo, Mihaly Imre
A6 - Kelemen, Hajnal
A7 - German-Sallo, Marta
A8 - Balazs, Peter
A9 - Szekely, Melinda
A10 - Nimigean, Vanda Roxana
A11 - Foley, Kristie
A12 - Abram, Zoltan
A13 - Kikeli, Pal Istvan
JF - Revista de Chimie
JO - Rev. Chim.
PB - Revista de Chimie SRL
SN - 2668-8212
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VL - 70
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SP - 2099
EP - 2104
UR - https://doi.org/10.37358/RC.19.6.7283
KW - pharmacy students
KW - University of Medicine
KW - Pharmacy
KW - Science and Technology
KW - smoke-free medical university
KW - prevalence of smoking
KW - quit smoking
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@article{RevCh2019P2099,
author = {Fazakas Zita and Nemes-Nagy Eniko and Fogarasi Erzsebet and Preg Zoltan and Laszlo Mihaly Imre and Kelemen Hajnal and German-Sallo Marta and Balazs Peter and Szekely Melinda and Nimigean Vanda Roxana and Foley Kristie and Abram Zoltan and Kikeli Pal Istvan},
title = {Three-Year Follow-up of Smoking Prevalence, Knowledge, Attitudes and Beliefs Among Pharmacy Students at UMPhST, Targu Mures},
journal = {Revista de Chimie},
volume = {70},
number = {6},
pages = {2099-2104},
year = {2019},
issn = {2668-8212},
doi = {https://doi.org/10.37358/RC.19.6.7283},
url = {https://revistadechimie.ro/Articles.asp?ID=7283}
}

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