Frequency of the smoking in tre hospital environment

• Autor(a) principal: Nazareth, Cátia Aparecida Lopes
• Data de Publicação: 2009
• Outros Autores: Souza, Lúcia Aparecida, Cardoso, Cristiane Buchemi, Campos, Elaine Neves Borges
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: HU Revista (Online)
• Texto Completo: https://periodicos.ufjf.br/index.php/hurevista/article/view/373
• topic: Frequência; tabagismo; hospitalar

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.