Factors Associated With Staff Engagement in Patients' Tobacco Treatment in a State Psychiatric Facility.

Background: Persons with mental illnesses (MI) who use tobacco are likely to experience poorer physical health and worsened psychiatric symptomology as compared to their non-tobacco-using counterparts. Therefore, engaging them in treatment is an important aspect of evidence-based care.

Objective: To use the theory of planned behavior to examine factors associated with intentions to provide and the provision of evidence-based tobacco treatment.