Prevalence of smoking among the staff of the Medical Academy and the State Clinical Hospital No. 1 in Gdańsk and among 5th-year medical students
Siemińska, A.; Dubaniewicz, A.
Pneumonologia i Alergologia Polska 60(1-2): 46-50
1992
ISSN/ISBN: 0867-7077 PMID: 1290980 Document Number: 398986
Addiction to smoking was assessed in workers of the Medical School, Central Clinical Hospital in Gdańsk and 50 medical students basing on the results of a simple questionnaire. 400 questionnaires were distributed. 287 were returned. 79% of the responders were females. 61.3% of the questioned subjects were smokers. 53.7% of the females were smokers, where as only 50% of the males smoked. The highest percentage of smokers was found in the group of orderlies, administrative workers and nurses (62-73%). Most of the health workers acknowledged knowing about the harmful effect of tobacco smoking. 95% believed that anti-smoking measures are inadequate in Poland.