[Cigarette smoking among 40-year-old residents living in Poznan and its Province].
The article begins with the outline of the history of cigarette smoking all over the world, the epidemiological picture of that phenomenon in Europe and the world, and briefly discusses the group of tobacco-dependent diseases. Cigarette smoking among 40-year-olds, living in Poznan, and its Province, was presented in greater detail, according to place of residence, education, gender, the time-length of smoking and the number of cigarettes smoked. The work constitutes a part of the larger project "Comparative analysis of some elements of health state among 40-year-old inhabitants of the City and the Province of Poznan, born 1938, 1959", backed by National Committee of Sciences, performed in the Dept. of Public Health, Chair of Social Medicine, K. Marcinkowski University of Medical Sciences, in Poznan. Altogether 1037 persons were medically examined as to their life-style, and their current health picture. More than 20 cigarettes were smoked by 45% of the smokers in the studied group; males, married ones, those with basic education, and those living in the City of Poznan--dominate.
Zakładu Zdrowia Publicznego, Katedry Medycyny Społecznej Akademii Medycznej im. K. Marcinkowskiego w Poznaniu. zdrowiepubliczne@am.poznan.pl
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D000328:Adult; D001294:Attitude to Health; D005260:Female; D015438:Health Behavior; D006801:Humans; D008019:Life Style; D008297:Male; D011044:Poland / Q000453:epidemiology; D012737:Sex Factors; D012907:Smoking / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000453:epidemiology*; D012931:Social Environment; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires