[Smoking habit among workers of the public health system in Tenerife].
OBJECTIVE
To find the prevalence of tobacco use among workers in the Public Health system and to assess their own attitudes to the possibility of giving up smoking.


METHODS
A descriptive study of a crossover type was carried out using a self-filled closed-answer questionnaire.


METHODS
The Public Health system on the island of Tenerife.


METHODS
After stratified random sampling, a sample of 1,282 workers was obtained, of whom 770 (60%) answered the questionnaire. Later a reply was obtained from 10% of those who did not at first reply, without any differences from the other participants being apparent.


RESULTS
Overall prevalence is 43% of smokers, 13% ex-smokers and 44% non-smokers. 20% of the smokers have an important physical dependency and only 30.76% are highly motivated to stop smoking. 56% of smokers feel home pressure to stop smoking, while only 29.5% of smokers feel pressured at work. We elaborated a scale, which was useful in measuring peoples' motivation to abandon the habit.


CONCLUSIONS
Almost half these workers are smokers at present. Despite belonging to the Health system, they are no more motivated than the general population they look after.
Domínguez Coello
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Unidad Docente de Medicina Familiar y Comunitaria de S/C de Tenerife, Hospital Nuestra Señora de Candelaria.
Marco García
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Torres Lana
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Cabrera de León
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Pérez Méndez
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D000328:Adult; D001294:Attitude to Health; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006282:Health Personnel; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009042:Motivation; D015995:Prevalence; D011634:Public Health; D012907:Smoking / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000523:psychology; D016540:Smoking Cessation / Q000523:psychology; D013030:Spain; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires
Hábito tabaáquico en los trabajadores del sistema sanitario público de Tenerife.