Cigarette and E-Cigarette Use and Smoking Cessation Practices among Physicians in Poland

Mateusz Jankowski, Dorota Kaleta, Wojciech Stefan Zgliczyński, Justyna Grudziąż-Sękowska, Iwona Wrześniewska-Wal, Mariusz Gujski, Waldemar Wierzba and Jarosław Pinkas
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Mateusz Jankowski: School of Public Health, Centre of Postgraduate Medical Education, Kleczewska 61/63, 01-826 Warsaw, Poland
Dorota Kaleta: Department of Hygiene and Epidemiology, Medical University of Lodz, Zeligowskiego 7/9 Str, 90-752 Łódź, Poland
Wojciech Stefan Zgliczyński: School of Public Health, Centre of Postgraduate Medical Education, Kleczewska 61/63, 01-826 Warsaw, Poland
Justyna Grudziąż-Sękowska: School of Public Health, Centre of Postgraduate Medical Education, Kleczewska 61/63, 01-826 Warsaw, Poland
Iwona Wrześniewska-Wal: School of Public Health, Centre of Postgraduate Medical Education, Kleczewska 61/63, 01-826 Warsaw, Poland
Mariusz Gujski: Department of the Prevention of Environmental Hazards and Allergology, Medical University of Warsaw, Banacha 1a Str, 02-091 Warsaw, Poland
Waldemar Wierzba: UHE Satellite Campus in Warsaw, University of Humanities and Economics in Łódź, Felińskiego 15 Str, 01-513 Warsaw, Poland
Jarosław Pinkas: School of Public Health, Centre of Postgraduate Medical Education, Kleczewska 61/63, 01-826 Warsaw, Poland

IJERPH, 2019, vol. 16, issue 19, 1-15

Abstract: Physicians play a key role in combating tobacco use. This study aims to evaluate the knowledge, attitude, and behaviors toward smoking cessation and vaping cessation interventions among physicians in Poland; to identify factors shaping physicians’ behaviors toward smoking and vaping cessation interventions; and to assess differences in the tobacco cessation interventions recommended for cigarette smokers and users of electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes). A questionnaire-based survey was conducted in 2018 among physicians attending mandatory public health training courses delivered at the School of Public Health, Centre of Postgraduate Medical Education, Warsaw, Poland. The questionnaire included 25 questions related to tobacco product use and smoking cessation interventions. Data were obtained from 423 physicians (64.3% female; mean age 32.0 ± 5.8 years) with response rate of 84.6%. Current cigarette smoking was declared by 7.8% of participants; 1.9% of participants were e-cigarette users and 1.9% used heated tobacco. Smoking cessation interventions were offered more often to patients who smoked cigarettes than those who used e-cigarettes ( p < 0.001). Physicians’ behaviors toward smoking cessation and vaping cessation interventions were associated with ( p < 0.05) physicians’ smoking status and self-declared knowledge about smoking cessation methods. Among physicians in Poland, discussion of smoking cessation was not common behavior and limited mainly to identification of smoking status.

Keywords: tobacco use; smoking; electronic cigarettes; physicians; smoking cessation; addiction (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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