Smoking among young doctors in Hong Kong: a message to medical educators

Cheng, KK; Lam, Tai‐Hing

doi:10.1111/j.1365-2923.1990.tb02515.x

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“…Of importance in this study is that one-third of all the ever smokers are females; Previous investigation conducted among physicians showed females smoked less compared to their male[2122] counterparts while other research revealed no female smokers[232425] however, other study found a comparable rate between male and female physicians. [2627] In fact a study[28] reveal that more female smoked compared to the males.…”

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Smoking prevalence and attitudes regarding its control among health professional students in South-Western Nigeria

Erhabor

Awosusi³

et al. 2013

Ann Med Health Sci Res

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Background:Tobacco use is one of the leading preventable causes of morbidity and mortality globally; about 70% of smokers see physicians each year. Health care professionals have a very unique role in motivating people to quit smoking.Aim:The aims of this study were to document the smoking prevalence and attitudes regarding its control among these set of students who will be tomorrow's health care providers.Subjects and Methods:A cross-sectional survey was conducted in two medical schools in South-Western Nigeria with their accompanied nursing and pharmacy students. All students in the selected schools were eligible to participate and student's participation was voluntary. The Global Health Professional Students Survey core questionnaire was used to collect data on smoking prevalence and attitudes regarding its control. The data were summarized using percentages and confidence interval (CI) was calculated using standard error of mean. Pearson's Chi-square and fisher's exact were employed to test the significance.Results:Life-time prevalence of cigarette smoking was 17.9% (121/675) with (95% confidence interval [CI] 15-20.8). Only 5.04% (34/675) with (95% CI 3.7-7.1) of the respondents were currently smoking. Ever smokers were significantly less likely than non-smokers to indicate that tobacco sales to adolescents should be banned (P < 0.01). Fewer smokers than non-smokers agreed that there should be a complete ban on advertising of tobacco products (P < 0.001). 93.3% of them said that they were taught about danger of smoking but only 48.6% ever heard of using anti-depressant in tobacco cessation program.Conclusions:Smoking prevalence among health professional students in South-West Nigeria is relatively low; however, majority believed that health-care providers serve as role models for their patients and the public.

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Smoking prevalence and attitudes regarding its control among health professional students in South-Western Nigeria

Erhabor

Awosusi³

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“…In a past survey on medical students in Hong Kong (Cheng, Lam & Ratanasiri 1989), 69% of final year and 57% of first year students strongly or somewhat agreed that tobacco advertising should be completely banned. The corresponding figure for young doctors was 65% (Cheng & Lam 1990). In the present study, more support was observed in the second year students (77% agreed or strongly agreed) in the pretest and the support became stronger in the post‐test (note the wording and the scale was slightly different).…”

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“…As for the doctor's role in helping patients to quit, in order to motivate the medical students to learn the techniques and to use them in the future, they must be first convinced about the effectiveness of the doctor's advice. In the above‐mentioned study on young Hong Kong doctors, 80% strongly or somewhat agreed that ‘most smokers will not give up even if their doctors tell them to’ (Cheng & Lam 1990). In the present study after the seminar, 70% of the students strongly disagreed that doctor's advice was totally ineffective, compared with 24% in the pre‐test.…”

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Knowledge and attitudes about smoking in medical students before and after a tobacco seminar

1996

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A 3-hour seminar on tobacco was introduced to second year (pre-clinical) medical students in Hong Kong in 1994. The differences in knowledge and attitudes were measured by a self-administered and anonymous questionnaire with 14 items before the seminar (n = 145), and again 2 weeks after the seminar (n = 151). The students also completed an evaluation form at the end of the seminar. Before the seminar, the students were most deficient in their knowledge on the exact magnitude of the risks from smoking and on the risks from smoking relative to the risks from air pollution and asbestos. After the seminar, their knowledge increased significantly (P < 0.005). As for attitudes, in the pre-test 35% strongly agreed that tobacco advertising should be completely banned, and 50% did so in the post-test (P = 0.02). The corresponding figures for banning of all forms of tobacco promotion were 26% and 43% (P < 0.005). In the pre-test, one in four students strongly disagreed that doctor's advice to their patients to stop smoking is totally ineffective, with this proportion increasing to 70% in the post-test (P < 0.005). The majority of the students stated that the seminar was useful. The preclinical medical curriculum should, at the very least, include a tobacco seminar. Our survey shows that it is effective in improving students' knowledge and attitudes on tobacco control.

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“…Two investigations from France also found that one-quarter of their female physicians smoked tobacco on a regular basis [49,63]. Conversely, other research from China [28], Malaysia [76], Wales [91] and Hong Kong [94] revealed no female smokers at all. This may suggest a cultural reluctance for professional women to smoke in certain regions, such as Asia.…”

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