Smoking profile of non-consultant hospital doctors.

Irish Journal of Medical Science
N NajiL Clancy

Abstract

In 1994 Doll and colleagues published smoking mortality figures for British doctors over 40 years. To assess smoking prevalence among junior doctors in a major Dublin teaching hospital. One hundred and fourteen non-consultant doctors (NCHDs) at St James's Hospital received a confidential smoking questionnaire. One hundred and six NCHDs responded (93%). Three refused, five were not available. Ninety per cent were aged 24-35 years. Twenty-six per cent of the doctors had smoked for 10 to 15 years. Seventy-five per cent were smoking more than 10 cigarettes daily. Ninety-seven per cent (20) of smokers wanted to stop smoking. Seventy-four per cent (17) had unsuccessfully attempted to quit. The smoking cessation method most commonly used was'cold turkey' in 60%. Others included nicotine replacement, bupropion and hypnotherapy. A significant per centage of NCHDs (22%) continue to smoke, despite overwhelming evidence that this causes health problems. The prevalence in our study is lower than the national figure of 29%.

References

Oct 8, 1994·BMJ : British Medical Journal·R DollI Sutherland
May 5, 2000·The Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews·C SilagyT Lancaster
Jan 10, 2003·The Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews·C SilagyG Fowler

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