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Tobacco Use among Occupational Therapy Students

One study of Danish therapists reported that none of its sampled group were daily smokers and over half (53%) had never smoked (Willaing et al 2003). In contrast, another Danish study found that 14% of a combined group of physical and occupational therapists were daily smokers (Willaing and Ladelund 2004). Even fewer studies have investigated smoking rates among occupational therapy students. Baldwin et al (2006) in the United States (US) documented a 20% smoking rate over a 12-month period amongst a mixed group of allied health students. Perhaps the only published study directly comparable to the current study is from the US and documented that 34% of its occupational therapy students reported having smoked tobacco in the past year (Baldwin et al 2008). Although other health care professionals may continue to smoke (Smith and Leggat 2011), it appears that tobacco use has all but disappeared in the Australian occupational therapy profession. If occupational therapy students have heeded the health promotion advice about smoking, they may now be in a powerful position to advise others on the dangers of tobacco use.