Prevalence of smoking among medical and teaching staff ers

Abstract

Th e article covers results of comparative analysis of prevalence and motivation for tobacco smoking, and its consequences for health state in medical and teaching staff ers, in occupations of high risk due to occupational psychoemotional burnout and stress. Polling covered 601 staff ers of governmental medical institutions managed by Health care Department of Moscow and 300 teachers of governmental educational institutions managed by Education Department of Moscow. All the examinees were tested for individual att itude to tobacco smoking (presence or absence of tobacco smoking; for smokers — number of cigarett es smoked daily; att itude to tobacco smoking among the colleagues; personal participation in preventive activities of anti-smoking organizations). Findings are that prevalence of tobacco smoking in medical staff ers in higher than among teachers. Th e authors determined priority directions of anti-smoking activities among medical and teaching staff ers.