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Nurses want to stamp out smoking among their patients- believe it is part of their job to help people to quit
Jump to full article: NZCity (nz), 2007-08-12
Intro: Nurses are joining forces in a new bid to stamp out smoking. There are around 600,000 smokers in New Zealand and it is thought at least half of them will die early because of their habit. A new report shows 90 percent of nurses here believe it is part of their job to help patients stop smoking, but under half of them have the training to do it.
Grace Wong is a nurse, and the author of the report into the attitudes of nurses towards smoking. She says a new group, 'Nurses for a Smokefree Aotearoa', is calling for more training. It was launched yesterday.
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