title: [Life competencies and smoking among teachers].
abstract: Smoking cigarettes is one of the most common factor disturbing health and a part of negative life style. The aim of the study was to estimate the frequencies of smoking cigarettes and their conditions among teachers of all types of schools--primary as well as secondary. 94 persons participated in the study. 20.2% of them were smoking and almost 80% were not smoking. 27% persons smoked in the past. Psychologicale test standarised and normalised and author's questionnaire of own concept used in the study.
  
  
  RESULTS
  74% smoking women did it after breakfast, 53% at working place. 52.6% women stated that stress is a main reason of smoking and 36.8% used cigarettes after an eating. Almost 63% smoke during brakes at work and in social circumstances. Nie przerywajac pracy pali 10.5% of respondents smoked during work activities and 42% during resting time. According to opinion of examined group, the joy, relax are the effects of smoking. There were no significant differences and correlations between fear as a state and character and smoking. However the frequency of smoking in the group was lower in comparison to medium values in population of central part of Europe in a group of women.
authors.affiliation: Katedra Nauk o Zdrowiu, Uniwersytetu Medycznego im. K. Marcinkowskiego w Poznaniu. orgzarz@amp.edu.pl
authors.forename: Ewa
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Mojs
authors.forename: Paweł
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Kleka
authors.forename: Maria Danuta
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Głowacka
authors.forename: Marcin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Zarowski
authors.forename: Ewa
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Gajewska
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D054521:Cultural Competency; D005178:Faculty; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012907:Smoking / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000523:psychology