Study on smoking prevalence of civil servants in Tianjin

Objective To learn the prevalence of smoking and passive smoking among the civil servants in Tianjin.Methods Questionnaires survey was conducted among civil servants selected by cluster random sampling method.Results Smoking rate of civil servants in Tianjin was 32.0%,55.1% for males and 2.3% for females.Current smoking rate was 28.0%,47.1% for males and 1.7% for females.The rate of quitting smoking was 12.4%.95.6% of civil servants smoked in working hours.90% of civil servants agreed with smoking cessation in hospitals,schools,meeting rooms and public transports.Civil servants' Knowledge about the relationship between diseases and smoking and passive smoking was very vague.Especially the Knowledge level for prostatitis,osteoporosis,male sexual dysfunction,acute gingival necrosis or ulceration and SIDS was less.Conclusion The smoking rate in civil servants of Tianjin was lower than the average rate of the national in 2002.Suburb servants' smoking rate was higher than those working in city and they consumed more cigarettes than city civil servants.The phenomenon of the civil servants smoking during working hours is very common,enhancing smoking cessation execution in government organization is imperative.