[Aspects of educating pharmacy students about problems concerning tobacco smoking dependence].

Idea of 'pharmaceutical care' and 'health promotion in pharmacy' states, that instructing patient about availability of nicotine dependence treatment drugs and their prices is not the only task of pharmacist, but he is also required to assist patient in dependence treatment and promote abstinence. Thus, there is necessity for deep education of pharmacy students about all above-mentioned issues. The aim of the study was to evaluate the effectiveness of pharmaceutical education curriculum in this area. Inquiry test was performed among master's year students and the results show, that the students are well educated about nicotine dependence problems esp. about the theoretical bases like health problems arising from tobacco smoking and toxicology of tobacco smoke. There might be some lack in education about pharmacological aspects of nicotine dependence eg. about mechanism of the dependence and methods of nicotine dependence treatments. The results might suggest that more attention should be given to these problems during pharmacy education.