title: [Tobacco consumption among primary care physicians in the Autonomous Community of the Basque Province].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To discover the tobacco consumption among Primary Care doctors in the Autonomous Community of the Basque Country.
  
  
  METHODS
  A crossover study by means of a telephone survey.
  
  
  METHODS
  285 Primary Care doctors in the Autonomous Community of the Basque Country, obtained by systematic random sampling.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Out of the 275 doctors who were finally surveyed, 32.1% smoked every day. 47.4% of doctors between 45 and 64 years old defined themselves as ex-smokers.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The hypothesis can be ventured that Primary Care doctors are in the vanguard of giving up tobacco consumption.
authors.affiliation: Centro de Salud de Billabona, Unidad Docente de Medicina Familiar y Comunitaria de Guipúzcoa.
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Berraondo
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Antero
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Millet
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sáez
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Sampedro
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D018592:Cross-Over Studies; D003625:Data Collection; D005006:Ethnicity; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010820:Physicians; D011320:Primary Health Care; D012907:Smoking / Q000453:epidemiology*; D013030:Spain / Q000453:epidemiology; D013689:Telephone
vernacular_title: Consumo de tabaco entre los médicos de atención primaria de la Comunidad Autónoma del País Vasco.