[Smoking of the tobacco by the parents of hospitalized children at the Pediatric Department of the Provincional Hospital in Opole].
Nonsmoking children who live with smoking parents are exposed to many harmful chemicals of cigarette smoke. This situation is called "passive smoking". Unfortunately this situation is very often because 25% women and 40% men smoke. Cigarette smoke has bad effect on respiratory mucous membrane because it destroys its histological structure. Result of epidemiological studies provides that 45% parents and 54% children in pulmonological departments of pediatric hospitals are passive smokers. This indicates the necessity of pro-health education as well as the necessity of banning smoking from hospital area.
Pirogowicz
Iwona
I
Katedra i Zakład Medycyny Rodzinnej, Akademii Medycznej Wrocław. iwapir@wp.pl
Szerszeń
Małgorzata
M
Joniec
Lucja
L
Klimek
Katarzyna
K
Swiderka-Prajs
Magdalena
M
Pirogowicz
Piotr
P
Steciwko
Andrzej
A
D002648:Child; D002669:Child Welfare / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D002673:Child, Hospitalized / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005260:Female; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010290:Parents; D011044:Poland; D012907:Smoking / Q000453:epidemiology*; D014028:Tobacco Smoke Pollution / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*
D014028:Tobacco Smoke Pollution