The investigation on the education of smoking and smoking cessation in School of Dentistry and School of Dental Hygienist

Abstract

Abstract
　Because the education of smoking and smoking cessation to students in Schools of dentistry and dental hygienist is significantly important at the guidance of smoking cessation, we investigated how the educational institutions wrestle with the problems of smoking and smoking cessation by questionnaire. The questionnaire was send to 29 of School of Dentistry and 150 of Schools of dental hygienist (total179). The questionale includes environment of smoking, present condition of their education, contents of lecture, obstacles against their education and methods for resolve to the psdtracles. The answers were obtained from 26 of 29 (90%) in Schools of dentistry and 119 of 150 (79%) in Schools of dental hygienist (total:145 of 179; 81%). The education of smoking and smoking cessation was performed in above 70% of school by almost lecture form. The obstacles were “insufficiently of education time and staffs”. The methods for resolve were “improvement of attitude to smoking” and “taking lecture in training for education of smoking and smoking cessation”. From these answer, the training of the persons that guide smoking cessation is thought to be very important.