Attitudes towards anti smoking legislation and prevalence of tobacco consumption in Spanish primary healthcare personnel

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: We conducted a m...

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Autores: Sanmartin, J. M. I., Martinez, A. F., Jimenez, L. C., Cohen, V. B., Minue-Lorenzo, C., Perez-Teijon, S. C., Osca, J. A. R., Garcia, R. C., Fernandez, J. L., Domenech, M. A. G., Navascues, M. A. M., Chaves, E. S., Ibanez, M. L. R., Rubio, V. G., Ram, S. M., MARIONI OTERO, BRUNO JACOBO, Lopez, L. G., Guillem, F. C., Fuente, F. M., Ruiz, D. B., Rodriguez, A. I. H., Gonzalez, J. D., Martin-Cantera, C.
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2019
País:España
Institución:Servizo Galego de Saúde (SERGAS)
Repositorio:RUNA. Repositorio da Consellería de Sanidade e Sergas
OAI Identifier:oai:runa.sergas.gal:20.500.11940/16017
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32411874
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7205045/pdf/TPC-5-9.pdf
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11940/16017
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Sumario: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: We conducted a multi-center descriptive study of a randomized conglomerate sample of PHC personnel from each Autonomous Community in Spain. The questionnaire covered tobacco consumption, and knowledge/attitudes towards smoking and legislation. The statistical analysis used SPSS software. RESULTS: 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. 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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