Nursing Students Twice As Likely To Smoke

Nursing students are twice as likely to smoke as the general population, according to a new study. Researchers in Italy surveyed 812 new nursing students. They found that 44 percent of them smoke, a rate twice as high as the general population, they said in a news release.

Another 12 percent said they used to smoke.

“When health professionals smoke it makes it more difficult for them to encourage patients to stop,” said professor Anna Maria Tortorano of the University of Milan.

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