AKIYAMA Shinji    Department   Matsuyama University  School of Clinical Pharmacy, College of Pharmaceutical Sciences    Position   Professor
Language	English
Publication Date	2017/02
Type
Peer Review	With peer review
Title	Evaluation of first-year smoking prevention and cessation education at the time of university admission: A study on changes in knowledge regarding subjective harmful effects of smoking and attitude toward smoking
Contribution Type
Journal	禁煙科学
Journal Type	Japan
Publisher	日本禁煙科学会
Volume, Issue, Pages	11(2),pp.1-6
Total page number	6
Author and coauthor	◎秋山 伸二、難波 弘行、牧 純、柴田 和彦
Details	At Matsuyama University, all departments hold lectures regarding smoking prevention and cessation during freshman orientation. Changes in the amount of knowledge and attitude before and after the lectures were examined using a Wilcoxon signed-rank test, and an intergroup comparison of the amount of knowledge was performed using the Steel-Dwass test. With smoking prevention and cessation education, 38 of 60 students who had responded that they "might smoke" before the lectures changed their attitude to "will not smoke". No significant differences were observed in the amount of knowledge between them and 483 students who responded that they "will not smoke" before and after the lectures. Moreover, 22 students who did not change their attitude to "will not smoke" even after the lectures were markedly less mindful about smoking; however, the amount of knowledge these students possessed after the lectures was significantly lower than that possessed by the other group of students.