Are smoking habits changing among Spanish health professionals? Results from the SUN Cohort 1999-2008

  1. Ruiz-Canela, M. 2
  2. Martínez-González, M.A. 1
  3. López-del Burgo, C. 1
  4. De Irala, J. 1
  5. Beunza, J.J. 1
  6. Bes-Rastrollo, M. 1
  1. 1 Department of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, School of Medicine, University of Navarra, Pamplona, Spain.
  2. 2 Department of Biomedical Humanities, School of Medicine, University of Navarra, Pamplona, Spain.
Revista:
Tobacco Use Insights

ISSN: 1179-173X,  1179-173X

Año de publicación: 2009

Volumen: 2

Páginas: 17 - 24

Tipo: Artículo

DOI: 10.4137/TUI.S3001 GOOGLE SCHOLAR lock_openAcceso abierto editor

Otras publicaciones en: Tobacco Use Insights

Resumen

Introduction: Smoking by health professionals is a very negative habit not only for their own health, but also because it diminishes their capacity to influence their smoker patients to quit their habits. Objective: The aim of this study was to assess the trend of the smoking prevalence, as well as the impact of the 2005 Spanish Smoking Act, among healthcare professionals. Methods: Participants were asked about their smoking consumption in the baseline and the follow-up questionnaires in a Spanish dynamic prospective cohort of university graduates (the SUN Project) from 1999 to 2008. Non-conditional logistic regression models were fit to assess the relationship between type of profession and prevalence of smoking. Results: The proportion of current smokers at the entrance into the cohort was 16.4% for physicians, 20.8% for pharmacists, 23.4% for nurses and 24% for other university graduates. The risk of being current smoker (adjusted OR [95% CI]) was lower in physicians (0.68 [0.61-0.76]) but not in pharmacists (0.94 [0.84-1.06]) or nurses (0.94 [0.84-1.05]) compared to other university graduates. All professional groups presented a statistically significant decline of smoking prevalence from 1999 to 2008. This decline might be at least partly due to the impact of the Spanish legislation on their smoking habits. Conclusion: This study shows a decline in smoking prevalence among Spanish physicians. This decline has reached lower levels than what is current among other professionals and the general population. However, there is still a high number of smokers among health professionals, thus more efforts are needed to achieve lower levels of tobacco consumption.

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