Background
Relatively few of the over 1 billion smokers worldwide receive evidence-based assistance with quitting (WHO, 2013). The majority of smokers in the Czech Republic (60%) express a desire to quit, but few healthcare providers are adequately prepared to assist (Sovinova, 2013; Sovinova, Sadilek, & Csemy, 2012). Involving the over 100,000 Czech nurses (Czech Nurses Association, 2013) in delivering smoking cessation interventions could accelerate national efforts to address this major health risk. The importance of the role of nurses in addressing tobacco dependence to reduce noncommunicable diseases is supported by policy statements from the 2012 WHO Global Forum for Government Chief Nursing and Midwifery Officers and the fourth triad meeting of the International Council of Nurses
BackgroundRelatively few of the over 1 billion smokers worldwide receive evidence-based assistance with quitting (WHO, 2013). The majority of smokers in the Czech Republic (60%) express a desire to quit, but few healthcare providers are adequately prepared to assist (Sovinova, 2013; Sovinova, Sadilek, & Csemy, 2012). Involving the over 100,000 Czech nurses (Czech Nurses Association, 2013) in delivering smoking cessation interventions could accelerate national efforts to address this major health risk. The importance of the role of nurses in addressing tobacco dependence to reduce noncommunicable diseases is supported by policy statements from the 2012 WHO Global Forum for Government Chief Nursing and Midwifery Officers and the fourth triad meeting of the International Council of Nurses
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