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ASH smoking and mental health survey 2016: an analysis of the views of people with a mental health condition and staff working in mental health services
- Author:
- ACTION ON SMOKING AND HEALTH
- Publisher:
- Action on Smoking and Health
- Publication year:
- 2016
- Pagination:
- 31
- Place of publication:
- London
Reports on findings of two surveys, one with people who have a mental health condition and one with staff working with those with a mental health condition, to explore attitudes towards and links between smoking and mental health. Surveys were completed by 302 people with a mental health condition and 147 members of staff. Results of the survey of people with a mental health condition are reported in the following areas: demographics, smoking status and behaviour, acquiring cigarettes, quitting smoking, smoking in mental health impatient settings; and attitudes to smoking in mental health impatient settings. Analysis of the staff survey covers: demographics, role and setting, smoking status, training, discussing smoking with patients, attitudes to smoking and cessation in mental health inpatient settings, and pharmacological aids to quitting smoking. Key findings from the survey of people with a mental health condition include that: over half of those responding to the survey of people with a mental health condition smoked; over 80 percent respondents who were current smokers reported having attempted to quit; only 67 percent of current smokers reported that a health professional had spoken to them about their smoking. Findings of the staff survey reported that 45 percent of staff had received no smoking cessation training. Staff who had received training were more likely to think that hospitalisation was an opportunity to address smoking. The results of the survey were used to inform the report 'The stolen years: the mental health and smoking action report', published by ASH. (Edited publisher abstract)