Survey and analysis on smoking behavior and knowledge about tobacco control among medical workers in a military first-class and grade 3 hospital

[Objective]To understand the status of smoking behavior and knowledge about tobacco control among medical workers in military first-class and grade 3 hospitals,provide scientific evidence for making the reasonable and effective measures of tobacco control.[Methods]By the cluster sampling method,the questionnaire survey was performed among 1 078 medical workers in a military first-class and grade 3 hospital. [Results]The general smoking rate and current smoking rate among medical workers was10. 29% and 8. 72% respectively,and all of them were male. There were statistically significant differences in the smoking rates among different gender,age,educational level,professional title,identity and position groups( P 0. 05). 90. 79% of respondents believed that smoking is harmful to health,90. 72% of them considered that passive smoking is also hazardous to health,and93. 51% of them thought that medical workers should set a good example by not smoking. The awareness rate of knowledge on smoking hazards was 74. 70%,the awareness rate of knowledge about 7 kinds of smoking-related diseases was 85. 30%,and the awareness rate of knowledge about 6 kinds of passive-smoking-related diseases was 91. 36%.[Conclusion]The rate of smoking among male medical workers in military first-class and grade 3 hospital is relatively high,the proportion of actively smoking cessation is low,and they are lack of the knowledge about smoking hazards. It is necessary to strengthen the health education about tobacco hazard among medical workers,carry out the compulsory smoking cessation,create tobacco-free environment in military hospitals,to make it as a model and play a support role in the tobacco control work.