Study on Smoking Behavior among Staves of Medical and Public Health Department and the Availability of Quit-smoking ServicesinTianjin

Objective To investigate the state of the smoking behavior among medical staves and analyze the availability of quitsmoking services.Methods Medical staves(including medical,administrative and support staff) from 20 medical institutions in Tianjin were selected to participate in this study for the questionnaire,including smoking-related knowledge,attitudes,behavior,and situation on helping smokers quitting smoking and so on.Twenty patients in each medical institution were surveyed on tobacco control action,including smoking in hospital,quit-smoking services provided by hospitals.Interventions included the development of medical institutions tobacco control policies,site intervention,population intervention and quit-smoking services.Results 1 576 and 1 624 individuals were surveyed before and after intervention.The smoking rates of respondents before and after intervention were 18.2% and 17.4%,current smoking rates of them were 15.4% and 15.7%.After intervention,increasing proportion of respondents receiving tobacco control advocacy,less smoking,decreasing proportion of respondents smelling cigarette smoke were observed in hospitals as well as decreasing smoking rate,the differences were statistically significant(P0.05).The situation on the setting of no smoking signs,initiative promotion of no smoking knowledge,quit-smoking services showed no significant improvement before and after the intervention(P0.05).Conclusion Medical staves in Tianjin show lower smoking rates compared with those investigated in whole country people in 2002,but the improvement of smoke-free environment and quit-smoking services should be strengthened.