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[Smoking among Mexican physician. A comparative analysis with smokers who are not physicians]
R H Sansores1, A Ramírez-Venegas, J Villalba-Caloca
1Departamento de Investigación en Tabaquismo, Instituto Nacional de Enfermedades Respiratorias. rsansore@mail.cpesa.com.mx
Objectives:
To determine prevalence, addiction knowledge and attitude on tobacco smoking in a group of smoking physicians (MF) and to compare these variables with smoking non-physicians (FNM) and non-smoking physicians (MNF) from the National Institutes of Health in Mexico (Insalud).
Material And Methods:
The results of a questionnaire among the three groups were compared.
Results:
The prevalence of MF (22%) was significantly lower than in FNM (28%), (OR = 0.72, CI = 0.61-0.85). No significant differences regarding addiction and attitudes were found between them. The MNF had better knowledge and attitudes and agreed that their Institute should be a non-smoking area.
Conclusion:
Prevalence of smoking is lower among physicians than among FNM and the similarities between them suggest that addiction can provoke them and that a program for tobacco control is required.