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SHORT CONTRIBUTION: The latest endangered species in Australia: A tobacco‐smoking veterinarian
Author(s) -
Smith DR,
Leggat PA,
Speare R
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
australian veterinary journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.382
H-Index - 59
eISSN - 1751-0813
pISSN - 0005-0423
DOI - 10.1111/j.1751-0813.2010.00614.x
Subject(s) - medicine , tobacco use , endangered species , smoking prevalence , prevalence , demography , environmental health , veterinary medicine , population , sociology
The results of a tobacco smoking survey conducted among veterinarians in Queensland, Australia, during 2007 are presented. Of the 567 participants only 3% reported being current smokers, 24% were ex‐smokers and 73% had never smoked. The prevalence of smoking was similar among males and females, and the highest smoking rate was reported among veterinarians aged 31–40 years. However, the rate of never‐smokers was strongly and negatively correlated with age, and the proportion of ex‐smokers increased with age. Encouragingly, the results from this study suggest that tobacco use has all but disappeared from the Australian veterinary profession in recent years.