Contraband tobacco on post-secondary campuses in Ontario, Canada: analysis of discarded cigarette butts.

Background: No studies to date have assessed young adults' use of First Nations/Native tobacco, a common form of contraband tobacco in Canada. This study examined the proportion of First Nations/Native cigarette butts discarded on post-secondary campuses in the province of Ontario, and potential differences between colleges and universities and across geographical regions.

Methods: In 2009, discarded cigarette butts were collected from high-traffic smoking locations at 12 universities and 13 colleges purposively selected to represent a variety of institutions from all 7 health service regions across Ontario.

Tobacco intervention practices of postsecondary campus nurses in Ontario.

Cessation interventions offered by nurses to postsecondary students could represent an important strategy for reducing smoking among young adults. This study examines how nurses working in campus health clinics identify smokers and provide cessation support. Of 108 nurses working at 16 universities in the Canadian province of Ontario, 83 completed a researcher-designed questionnaire.

Randomized controlled trial examining the effectiveness of a tailored self-help smoking-cessation intervention for postsecondary smokers.

Objective: Between September 2002 and February 2003, the authors assessed the effectiveness of a new, age-tailored, self-help smoking-cessation program for college students.

Participants: College student smokers (N = 216) from 6 Ontario universities participated.

Methods: The researchers used a randomized controlled trial with a 3-month telephone follow-up.

Campus physicians' tobacco interventions with university students: a descriptive study of 16 Ontario university clinics.

Objective: About one-quarter of Canadian post-secondary students smoke cigarettes. We examined how physicians from Ontario university health clinics intervene with these young adult smokers.

Method: A convenience sample of 16 universities was identified and surveys were hand-delivered to all 228 physicians from these schools.

Smoking on campus. An examination of smoking behaviours among post-secondary students in Canada.

Background: Much of the literature on smoking behaviours has focused on adult populations and, more recently, on children and adolescents. A very small body of work has begun to emerge on smoking behaviours among post-secondary students.

Methods: Using the 1994-95 National Population Health Survey, we examined smoking prevalence, age of smoking initiation, and smoking cessation behaviours of post-secondary students, under 30 years old.