[The status of smoking cessation support by nurses in general hospitals, and related factors].

Objective: To examine the status of smoking cessation support by nurses in general hospitals, as well as related factors

Methods: We conducted a questionnaire survey of 1,206 nurses working in three hospitals (inpatient and outpatient departments), and received 830 valid responses. We collected information in the following areas: sociodemographics, smoking status, work-related stress, experience of learning how to support smoking cessation, knowledge about smoking hazards and methods of assistance with quitting smoking, attitudes towards supporting smoking cessation, subjective norms to support smoking cessation, self-efficacy in smoking cessation support, intention to smoking cessation support, and status of smoking cessation support(Five "A's"). Multiple regression analysis was performed in order to identify factors related to status of smoking cessation support.