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Smoking rates among hospital nurses in L ongkou city, C hina
Author(s) -
Smith Derek R.,
Zhao Isabella,
Wang Lina
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
nursing and health sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.563
H-Index - 47
eISSN - 1442-2018
pISSN - 1441-0745
DOI - 10.1111/nhs.12002
Subject(s) - medicine , university hospital , cross sectional study , family medicine , tobacco use , environmental health , population , pathology
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.