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References About Nurses and Tobacco Control

As part of the Tobacco Free Nurses Initiative, we have conducted an in-depth search of the literature about nurses and tobacco use. We hope that this will be helpful to you in your clinical practice, education, and research. Please note that this is a work in progress and we would welcome your suggestions.

This reference is organized in seven sections; click on a section below to view the citations:

I.   Smoking Prevalence Among Nurses (1966 to present)

II.  Nursing Knowledge, Beliefs, and Attitudes about Tobacco and Smoking Cessation (1980 to present)

III. Correlates and Cessation Intervention (1983 to present)

IV. Smoking Cessation Interventions for Patients Implemented by Nurses (1986 to present)

V.   Nursing Curricula/Education and Tobacco Programs (1980 to present)

VI.  Nursing Activities: Tobacco Prevention and Control (1983 to present)

VII. Nursing Activities: Tobacco Control Advocacy and Policy (1984 to present)

Search strategy

We searched major databases for English language publications: PUBMED, Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature (CINAHL), Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC), and the Cochrane Library. Search words included nurses and tobacco, nursing and tobacco, nurses and smoking, nursing and smoking, nursing students and tobacco, nursing students and smoking, nurses and smoking advocacy, and nursing and smoking advocacy. No time limit was set for the search, with the exception of the section on smoking cessation interventions for patients implemented by nurses. This limited to articles published in 1996 or later to correspond with the publication of Agency for Health Care Research and Quality smoking cessation guideline. Additionally, we supplemented the search with references that we had located in our previous studies. Please let us know if you have difficulty in obtaining an article on this list. We will be happy to assist you.

Each article was assigned to one or more of the seven sections as indicated above. Many articles were co-listed as appropriate. The majority of articles are data-based. In each section we have organized the listing by year in alphabetical order.

A listing of research in the area of tobacco and tobacco control conducted by nurses is in process. This is a challenge as in many cases it is difficult to determine the professional background of authors. Please share with us your work so that we can include it on this list.

- Linda Sarna, RN, DNSc and Stella Bialous, RN, Dr. PH