[Prevalence of the smoking habit among health professionals of La Rioja].
OBJECTIVE
Study of the prevalence of smoking among La Rioja's health professionals.


METHODS
Descriptive study.


METHODS
The Autonomous Community of La Rioja.


METHODS
A random sample of health workers taken from the censuses of their respective Professional Colleges on February 1st, 1988.


RESULTS
Of a representative sample of 616 health professionals in La Rioja, 47.9% were current smokers, breaking down into 43.5% habitual and 4.4% occasional smokers. 25.5% of the sample were ex-smokers. There were more women (51.1%) than men (44.0%) smokers. The prevalence of habitual smoking is greater in those people under 35 (57.6%) than in those over this age (32.0%) (p < 0.001).


CONCLUSIONS
The results obtained make clear that there is a high prevalence of tobacco addiction in our health environment. These data suggest the need for intensified consciousness-raising campaigns aimed at health professionals.
Rubio Montaner
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Complejo Hospitalario San Millán-San Pedro, Logroño.
Urueña Guzmán
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Santamaría Roa
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de la Hoz Olalla
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Machín Aguilera
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Acitores Augusto
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D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006282:Health Personnel / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009726:Nurses; D010820:Physicians; D015995:Prevalence; D012494:Sampling Studies; D012907:Smoking / Q000453:epidemiology*; D013030:Spain / Q000453:epidemiology
Prevalencia del hábito de fumar en los profesionales sanitarios de La Rioja.