Promoting cessation and a tobacco free future: Willingness of pharmacy students at the University of Lagos, Nigeria

Tobacco Induced Diseases

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Aina, Bolajoko A ^a   Onajole, Adebayo T ^a   Lawal, Babatumde M O ^b   Oyerinde, Opeoluwa O ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAGOS   (Nigeria)

^b UACN Plc   (Nigeria)

^c Wesley Guild Hospital   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL STUDENT; MOTIVATION; NIGERIA; PHARMACIST; PHARMACY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF EVALUATION; SMOKING CESSATION; SMOKING HABIT; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 77953473342     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16179625     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1617-9625-5-13     Document Type: Article

References (21)

1. WHO report on the global tobacco epidemic, 2008: the MPOWER package Geneva, World Health Organization 2008
2. World Health Statistics 2008. http://www.who.int/whosis/whostat/EN-WHS08- Full.pdf
3. An international treaty for tobacco control. World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland: World Health Organization 2003 http://www.who.int/features/ 2003/08
4. WHO framework convention on tobacco control. World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland: World Health Organization 2003 http://www.who.int/fctc/
5. WHO Updated status of WHO FCTC. http://www.fctc.org/index.php?option=com- docman&task (cited August 2009)
6. Code of practice on tobacco control for health professional organizations. World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland: World Health Organization 2004 http://www.who.int/tobacco/en/
7. World No Tobacco Day 2005. Health Professionals against Tobacco. http://www.who.int/tobacco/wntd
8. The Global Network of Pharmacists Against Tobacco. http://www.fip.org/ pharmacistsagainsttobacco cited June 2007
9. Pharmacists for promoting a future free of tobacco in India. MSVP Reddy PD Sheth, SEARPHARM Forum New Delhi, India 2004 http://www.fip.org/projectsfip/ pharmacistsagainsttobacco/NO5Reddy.pdf on June 2007
10. Health, health care and pharmacy in India. M Shah K Damani DG Taylor, Barcelonia: Fundacion Salud Innovacion Sociedad and London: The School of Pharmacy 2005
11. Cost effectiveness of NHS smoking cessation services. J Stapleton, 2001 http://www.oldash.org.uk/html/cessation/ashcost.html November 2007
12. A Comparison of Smoking Habits among Medical and Nursing Students. AA Patka K Hill V Batra MJ Vergare FT Leone, CHEST 2003 124 4 1415 1420 Retrieved [cited 2007 June]. 10.1378/chest.124.4.1415 14555574
13. Tobacco use and cessation counseling-Global health professionals survey pilot study. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report 2005 54 20 505 509 15917734
14. WHO/CDC Global Health Professional Survey (GHPS). http://www.who.int/ entity/tobacco/surveillance/ghps/en/index.html
15. Tobacco use among youth: a cross country comparison. Tobacco Control; 11: 252 270. Global Youth Tobacco Survey Collaborative Group, Nigeria-Cross River State GYTS Fact Sheet http://tobaccocontrol.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/11/3/252
16. Smoking behaviour of Nigerian medical students and their attitudes towards anti-tobacco policy. Building capacity for a tobacco-free world. B Faseru c Barengo HP Sandstrom F Omokhodon, The 13th World Conference on Tobacco OR Health; 2006 July 12 15, Washington, DC, USA http://2006.confex.com/uicc/ wctoh/techprogram/P5151.HTM [Cited June 2007].
17. Smoking habits of future physicians: A survey among medical students of a South German University. B Hermann S Sigrid, Journal of Social and Preventive Medicine 1996 41 3 150 157 http://www.springerlink.com/content/q6517h50u1u27hq7/ [Cited June 2007].
18. Smoking in Nigeria: is it time for a rethink? C Odigwe, Student BMJ 2003 11 263 306 http://archive.student.bmj.com/issues/03/08/life/294.php
19. The Fagerstrom test for nicotine dependence: a revision of the Fagerstrom Tolerance Questionnaire. TF Heatherton, British Journal of Addiction 1991 86 1119 27 10.1111/j.1360-0443.1991.tb01879.x 1932883
20. Nigerian Tobacco Decree. Federal Ministry of Health 1990
21. Knowledge and attitude of pharmacists to tobacco/smoking cessation in Lagos State. BA Aina J Azimoh, The Nigerian Journal of Pharmacy 2008 41 3 49 52