title: [The use of the minimal intervention strategy among police officers].
abstract: It has been estimated that current tobacco smoking will cause about 450 million deaths worldwide in the next fifty years. The intense search for effective methods of smoking reduction continues. Minimal Intervention Strategy (MIS) is a simple, cost saving as well as efficient method of smoking limitation. The survey analyzed the use of MIS by physicians among policemen from the economically active population. The tool of the research was the interview questionnaire including 49 smoking tobacco related questions. The research encompassed the group of 102 policemen from the headquarter in Tomaszów Mazowiecki. The respondents were 36.0 +/- 7.36 years old on average. The smoking frequency of the surveyed group was 66.7%, where there were 56.9% of regular smokers and 9.8% of occasional smokers. The percentage of never smokers reached the level of 28.4%. Physicians used the first step of MIS (question about smoking) in case of 55.9% respondents. However, only 1/3 of regular smokers were recommended to stop smoking (the second step of MIS).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The tobacco smoking frequency among police officers was very high. The use of MIS in the surveyed group should be considered insufficient.
authors.affiliation: Katedra Medycyny Społecznej i Zapobiegawczej, Uniwersytet Medyczny w Łodzi.
authors.forename: Małgorzata
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Suwała
authors.forename: Iwona
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Wiecławska
authors.forename: Andrzej
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gerstenkorn
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011044:Poland / Q000453:epidemiology; D016495:Police / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011159:Population Surveillance; D012907:Smoking / Q000453:epidemiology*; D016540:Smoking Cessation / Q000379:methods*; D000074606:Smoking Prevention; D055815:Young Adult