title: [Cigarette smoking in medical personnel and evaluation of this problem by smoking and non-smoking patients].
abstract: Cigarette smoking is a problem in all environments, including health service workers. It increases the number of ill people and accelerates death. The aim of this study was to diagnose the problem of smoking in medical staff and evaluation of this problem by patients. Research was made in hospitals and out-patient clinics in Opole by using an anonimous questionnaire. Along years there has been a decrease of smoking initiation age: 60-years-old-women had their first cigarette in 70% after them finished 18 years old, while most 30-year-old-women had it before. Every year the level of education in medical staff grows up, but the number of smokers in them does not fall down. It is still common to smoke in non-smokers and pregnant woman presence in spite of knowledge about passive smoking. Also pregnancy is not always strong argument to complete quit smoking, among medical staff as well. Smoking medical personnel has definitely negative evaluation by non-smoking patients (70%), a bit less negative it is seen by smoking patients. As the research showed, promotion of nonsmoking workers by employers could be a motivation to quit smoking.
authors.affiliation: Katedra i Zakład Medycyny Rodzinnej, Akademia Medyczna we Wrocławiu. iwapir@wp.pl
authors.forename: Iwona
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Pirogowicz
authors.forename: Małgorzata
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Szerszeń
authors.forename: Elzbieta
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Gwiazda
authors.forename: Andrzej
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Steciwko
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D004522:Educational Status; D005260:Female; D006282:Health Personnel / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010361:Patients / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011044:Poland / Q000453:epidemiology; D011159:Population Surveillance; D011247:Pregnancy; D015995:Prevalence; D012907:Smoking / Q000453:epidemiology*; D000074606:Smoking Prevention