Attitudes towards anti-smoking legislation and prevalence of tobacco consumption in Spanish primary healthcare personnel
| Autor: | Rodrigo Córdoba García, Susana Morena Rayo, Fernando Martin Fuente, María Victoria Güeto Rubio, Ana Furio Martinez, Sara Cascon Perez-Teijon, Emilio Salguero Chaves, Joan Antoni Ribera Osca, Carlos Martín-Cantera, Lucia Gorreto Lopez, José Manuel Iglesias Sanmartín, Maria Luz Rodriguez, Maria Aránzazu Mendiguren Navascues, Francisco Camarelles Guillem, Lourdes Jiménez, Cesar Minué-Lorenzo, Vidal Barchilon Cohen, Alicia Isabel Hernández Rodríguez, Bruno Marioni Otero, Joan Lozano Fernandez, Diego Beni Ruiz, Miguel Angel Gallardo Domenech, Juan De Dios González Caballero |
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| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
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medicine.medical_specialty
Health (social science) Passive smoking media_common.quotation_subject Population attitudes health personnel Legislation medicine.disease_cause Health Professions (miscellaneous) primary healthcare smoking ban Environmental health Epidemiology medicine smoking behaviours education media_common Consumption (economics) education.field_of_study business.industry Addiction lcsh:Public aspects of medicine Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health lcsh:RA1-1270 Spain epidemiology Descriptive research Smoking ban business Research Paper |
| Zdroj: | Tobacco Prevention & Cessation Tobacco Prevention and Cessation, Vol 5, Iss March (2019) Zaguán. Repositorio Digital de la Universidad de Zaragoza instname |
| ISSN: | 2459-3087 |
| Popis: | Introduction Our aim was to ascertain how the anti-smoking legislation of 2005/2010 has affected the behavior of primary healthcare center (PHC) personnel (medical and nonmedical) with respect to their attitudes towards tobacco, its consumption and the legislative changes. Methods The sample consisted of 2040 PHC employees (1578 women, 77.4%). Never smokers, ex-smokers, and smokers represented 46.7%, 37.8%, and 15.5% of the sample, respectively. Tobacco prevalence amongst physicians and nurses was 12.3%. Following the introduction of the antismoking legislation, a decrease in consumption was observed. Most of the participants considered that tobacco consumption affected health, was an addictive illness, and passive smoking had an impact on the health of non-smokers. Whilst 91.6% agreed with the current legislation, only 25% felt that it encouraged cessation. Results The sample was made up of 2040 PHC employees (1578 women; 77.4%). Never smokers, ex-smokers, and smokers represented 46.7%, 37.8%, and 15.5%, respectively. Tobacco prevalence amongst physicians and nurses was 12.3%. Following the introduction of the anti-smoking legislation a decrease in consumption was observed. Most of the participants considered that tobacco affected health, was an addictive illness, and passive smoking had an impact on the health of non-smokers. Whilst 91.6% agreed with the current legislation, only 25% felt that it encouraged cessation. Conclusions Spanish primary healthcare professionals have a relatively low prevalence of smoking compared to the general population. It is necessary to implement more legislative measures to improve and maintain this outcome. |
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