Assessing the Attitude of Veterans toward a Smoking Cessation Program in a Hospital Setting
- 1 April 1975
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Perceptual and Motor Skills
- Vol. 40 (2) , 448-450
- https://doi.org/10.2466/pms.1975.40.2.448
Abstract
110 male patients in a V. A. Hospital were surveyed in regard to their smoking behavior, attitudes toward smoking, and their willingness to participate in a treatment program designed to eliminate smoking. Some of the more important findings were that 68% of the patient population smoked as compared to 50% for the general male population. Only 57% of the smokers felt that smoking was harmful to their health. Many of the smokers (60%) had tried to stop smoking but were unsuccessful. 58% of the smokers stated that they would participate in a smoking treatment program. The results of this survey are interpreted to indicate the need for hospital and institutional treatment programs for elimination of smoking.Keywords
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