Smoking rates among hospital nurses in L ongkou city, C hina

This study was undertaken as one of the first investigations of nurses' smoking habits in L ongkou city, S handong Province, C hina. An anonymous cross‐sectional survey was administered as part of a larger investigation of healthcare professionals at a university teaching hospital during 2008. A total of 88 nurses responded to the survey, from whom tobacco‐related data were provided by 83 of them (94%). Their overall smoking rate was very low (1%), with no male nurses reporting themselves to be current tobacco users. Overall, the current study suggests that smoking rates are very low among C hinese nurses in L ongkou city, S handong Province. These results are also consistent with studies of nurses' tobacco use conducted in other regions of C hina.