Decreasing the prevalence of smoking among Finnish physicians

A postal survey of smoking habits was conducted in a population of Finnish physicians between October and December 1990. Among the 1,623 surveyed (1,231 responses, a 75.8% response rate) the prevalence of daily smoking among male physicians was 10% while in females it was 6%. Another 15% (6% of fema...

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Veröffentlicht in:European journal of public health 1997-09, Vol.7 (3), p.318-320
Hauptverfasser: JORMANAINEN, VESA J., MYLLYKANGAS, MARKKU T., NISSINEN, AULIKKI
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:A postal survey of smoking habits was conducted in a population of Finnish physicians between October and December 1990. Among the 1,623 surveyed (1,231 responses, a 75.8% response rate) the prevalence of daily smoking among male physicians was 10% while in females it was 6%. Another 15% (6% of females) smoked occasionally. Smoking was more prevalent among elderly physicians. Daily smoking among physicians has decreased since 1969, when the daily smoking prevalence was 24% among male respondents and 17% among females. In addition, according to the survey, Finnish physicians often advice their patients to stop smoking if they have a disease, disorder or complaint for which the prognosis has already been reported to be associated with smoking.
ISSN:1101-1262
1464-360X
DOI:10.1093/eurpub/7.3.318