title: Behaviors and attitudes towards smoking among the nurses in Japan.
abstract: The study was carried to investigate on the actual conditions related to smoking of the nurses working in all medical institutions under a regional medical association in Mie Prefecture (regional medical institutions). Results obtained were as follows: smoking prevalence of female nurses is considered to be equal to that of the general female population in Japan. About 35% of the nurses with the smoking habit had an opinion to quit it, and about 45% of them practiced it seriously. Nearly 80% nurses favored restriction. In the way of thinking related to smoking, more than 90% of the nurses answered that women should not smoke for the health of the fetuses and infants, while only about 30% of them agreed to stop smoking working as members of the medical staff. The survey suggests that anti-smoking program is necessary to develop for smoking nurses working at medical facilities.
authors.affiliation: Department of Public Health Administration, National Institute of Public Health, Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ohida
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kawahara
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Osaki
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Sone
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Kamal
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kawaguchi
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sekiyama
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Harita
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Minowa
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009726:Nurses / Q000523:psychology*; D015995:Prevalence; D012907:Smoking / Q000453:epidemiology*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires