Smoking and passive smoking survey among 4861 public servants in Beijing

Objective To describe the prevalence of smoking and passive smoking among 4861 public servants in Beijing,and to provide the scientific basis for developing intervention strategies.Methods All the public servants who work in the 49 government agencies were investigated.Results The smoking rate of public servants was 40.5%(male 66.3%,female 3.8%).70.9% of people exposed to smoke at least 1 days in public places and 58.2% of respondents experienced for more than 3 days.56.9% of persons considered that smoking was bad for health and 96.2% of population realized passion smoking was also harmful.Most of the respondents believed that smoking and passive smoking were unhealthy but they didn't master all the knowledge comprehensively.Only 25.0% of people knew that smoking could cause CHD and hypertension.Conclusion More effective measures including No smoking government offices should be conducted.The government and public health authority should develop sustainable interventions to control the tobacco use.