Investigation of smoking status and KAP of smoking control among medical doctors in Guangzhou

Objective To find out smoking status and the knowledge,attitude,practice of smoking control among the doctors in Guangzhou,and to provide scientific evidence for doctors to launch smoking cessation program and provide smoking cessation service for smokers.Methods A questionnaire survey was conducted among the clinical doctors selected by stratified cluster random sampling from grade 1,2 and 3 hospitals in Guangzhou.Results The total smoking rate of doctors was 17.3%,the current smoking rate was 15.2%,the smoking rate aged 40～years old was significantly higher than those of other age groups.The current smoking rate of male doctors was 25.9% and no female doctors smoked.The main factor affecting the current smoking rate was the number of male doctor smokers.The smoking rate of doctors in grade 1 and 2 hospitals was obviously higher than those of grade 3 hospitals.80.4% of doctors supported that doctors should set up no-smoking example for patients.52.7% of doctors supported or did not oppose that doctors should provide smoking cessation service for patients actively and hoped to understand more about smoking and smoking control.Conclusion It is essential to provide education of hazards of smoking and second-hand smoking, knowledge and methods of smoking cessation among doctors.And so let doctors smoke less and also provide more professional smoking cessation service to patients more actively.