Abstract
BACKGROUND
Tobacco use by college students is high. In the 1990s, smoking rates among teenage girls rose sharply. The teenage girl smokers of the 1990s are the college-age women smokers of today and tomorrow. Targeting women is important because their health risks due to smoking include not only the widely known risks, but also reproductive health risks. Healthy People 2010 recommendations include a 30% increase in cessation attempts and a 15%–30% reduction in smoking. AWHONN supports guidance and interventions from a healthcare professional to address prevention, cessation, and follow-up for women of all ages.
MAIN CONTENT POINTS
Implementing an evidence based program to prevent smoking, assist with cessation, and provide relapse prevention in college-aged women can enhance existing college programs in smoking cessation. NANDA, NIC, and NOC classification linkages and gold standard guidelines are used in the clinical, clientcentered strategies.
CONCLUSIONS
The college setting is uniquely placed to provide health-promoting behaviors to young adult women. Nursing professionals, using discipline-guided classifications, can make a contribution to women's health by using research-based interventions and outcomes to prevent smoking, assist with cessation, and provide follow-up to prevent relapse. Nursing students, advanced practice nurses, and nursing faculty can partner with colleagues in the college health and wellness center programs using the best evidence to help women quit smoking.
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