Table 3.

Participants’ self-reported training received on tobacco-related contents during their Nursing Bachelor Degree Program by gender, school years and smoking status

	Overall		Gender				School years				Smoking status
			Men		Women		1+2		3+4		Smoker		Former		Never
Training received	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%
Has somebody informed you about the risks of smoking in class, during a seminar or practicum session/class?	3,563	82.5	586	83.5	3,007	82.4	1,800	73.6	1,665	94.8	1,040	81.4	472	84.0	2,051	82.8
Does somebody has explained you the difference between an active smoker and a passive smoker in class?	3,762	86.9	622	88.4	3,173	86.7	1,979	80.6	1,684	95.8	1,134	88.5	492	87.1	2,136	86.1
Have you discussed the reasons why people smoke?	2,114	49.1	375	53.6	1,756	48.2	867	35.5	1,185	67.7	600	46.9	283	50.8	1,231	49.8
Have you been taught about the importance of asking and recording tobacco use in the health record?	2,821	65.3	434	61.8	2,405	65.9	1,286	52.6	1,452	82.7	821	64.1	390	69.1	1,610	65.1
Have you been trained on how to help smokers to quit?	1,440	33.4	237	33.8	1,217	33.3	373	15.2	1,022	58.3	426	33.3	201	35.7	813	32.9
Have you been recommended to provide educational material to smokers in order to advise them about the benefits of quitting?	2,605	60.5	415	59.3	2,217	60.9	1,121	45.9	1,416	80.8	761	59.6	346	61.3	1,498	60.7
Have you been taught on how to use NRT for helping smokers to quit?	2,808	65.3	468	66.9	2,363	65.0	1,377	56.4	1,358	77.7	831	65.3	400	71.0	1,577	63.9
Have you been taught on to use pharmacological treatments to quit smoking besides NRT?	1,322	30.9	235	33.8	1,099	30.4	609	25.0	668	38.6	463	36.4	181	32.6	678	27.6
At present I have knowledge and enough skills to help a smoker to quit	1,044	24.3	221	31.9	832	22.9	306	12.6	698	40.1	329	25.9	168	30.2	547	22.2