Frequency of the smoking in tre hospital environment

Abstract

The consumption of tobacco causes 4.9 millions deaths in the world. The workers are susceptible to diseases caused by tobacco as they pass a great part of their time working. In this study, our aim was to evaluate the prevalence of smokers among the professionals from the University Hospital /Center of Attention to Health of the Federal University of Juiz de Fora (HU/CAS-UFJF), analyzing their dependence to the nicotine and their knowledge about this matter. Method: A 21-item questionnaire was applied to a sample of 266 professionals from HU/CAS-UFJF, It evidenced that 16.5% are smokers, being their major composed by a low school degree; 84% had tried to stop smoking more than once, 41% use cigarettes in the workstation; all the smokers agree with the laws that forbid smoking in closed environment; one third of the interviewed ones is exposed to the ambient pollution from cigarettes; 96% of the smokers know the consequences of tobacco. Conclusion: It was high the level of HU/CAS-UFJF professionals who smokes in the workstation So it is necessary to strengthen the implementation and fulfillments of politics against tobacco in the workstations in order to benefit their health.

Keywords: frequency. smoking. hospital.