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Smoking More Common Among Nursing Than Medical Students; New Study Shows Decline In Smoking Rate Among Medical School Students.

NORTHBROOK, Ill., Oct. 13 /PRNewswire/ -- Nursing students are more likely to smoke cigarettes and to be more severely nicotine-dependent than medical students, says a study published in the October issue of CHEST, the peer- reviewed journal of the American College of Chest Physicians (ACCP). The study found that four times as many nursing students smoke cigarettes than medical students, and nearly twice as many nursing students are former smokers. The study also found that the smoking rate among medical students has significantly decreased in the last decade and that medical students who do smoke are less nicotine dependent than their nursing counterparts.

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