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The aim of this research is to summarize the current knowledge regarding the application of augmented reality in occupational safety training programs, particularly in the healthcare sector. Three databases (PubMed, Scopus, Web of Science) were searched for articles published between 1992 and 2017 on health and safety training for healthcare professionals, with particular attention to the use of augmented reality; for this purpose, a search string was created. Augmented reality represents a great opportunity in the training of health workers, being able to implement the workers’ knowledge and perception of the risks. It is therefore important to have a multidisciplinary approach that manages the opportunities and risks of these new tools in a well-defined framework, increasingly taking advantage of the former and reducing the latter, to guide health care workers in adopting correct and safe behaviours that favour the reduction of injuries and occupational diseases.

The study aimed to investigate the tobacco smoking prevalence, habits and awareness among a cohort of healthcare students from a university hospital in southern Italy and the associations with socio-demographic determinants. A secondary outcome was to estimate the educational needs to receive information on smoking-related risk factors. Five hundred and forty-nine students completed a self-administered questionnaire (180 male and 369 female, average age 25 yo, ±5.9 SD), enrolled from October 2018 to November 2019 at the University of Naples ‘Luigi Vanvitelli’, and the collected data were analysed by descriptive and inferential statistical analysis. The sample’s prevalence of current smokers was 25.3%, without a significant sex difference. The multiple logistic regression model showed the link between smoking habits and alcoholic beverage consumption (p < 0.001) and living with smokers (p = 0.003). The enrolled cohort does not seem to need more information about the risks of cigarette smoking (p = 0.028). The data analysis and the comparison with the current literature allowed the authors to hypothesise a training model to be adopted within a workplace health promotion programme managed by an occupational physician. This model included targeted training for smoking dissuasion, focusing on sex and gender, cohabitant’s influence, and combined addiction management. Further research will focus on the effectiveness of these proposed models.