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Cigarette smoking and the Australian medical profession
Author(s) -
Magnus Paul
Publication year - 1989
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1989.tb136564.x
Subject(s) - medical profession , public health , cigarette smoke , environmental health , medicine , cigarette smoking , smoke , family medicine , nursing , geography , meteorology
The smoking habits, attitudes and associated actions of Australian doctors and their organizations are reviewed historically in the light of the medical profession's responsibilities in this area of public health. The proportion of Australian doctors who smoke has fallen to very low levels by community standards; doctors virtually are in total agreement about the disease effects of smoking; and they have taken many extraordinary actions over recent decades to encourage the necessary public‐health measures. In spite of a major reduction over all in smoking in recent years, the present proportion of Australians who smoke demands the medical profession's continuing effort to discourage smoking in the community. (Med J Aust 1989; 150: 437‐441)