Smoking prevalence of female nurses in the national hospitals of Japan
Takashi Ohidaa, Yoneatsu Osakia, Yumiko Kobayashib, Masato Sekiyamac, Masumi Minowaa
a Department of
Epidemiology, National Institute of Public Health, Tokyo, Japan, b Department of Public Health Administration, c Department of Public Health,
Showa University School of Medicine
Correspondence to: Dr T Ohida, Department of Epidemiology, National Institute of Public Health, 4-6-1 Shirokanedai, Minato-ku, Tokyo 108-8638, Japan; TO-TYP{at}mhw.go.jp
Received 14 April 1998 and in revised form 11 November 1998;
Accepted 22
February 1999.
OBJECTIVE
To estimate
the prevalence of smoking and the attitudes towards the restriction of
smoking at work among female nurses in the national hospitals in Japan.
DESIGNQuestionnaires
mailed to 14 randomly selected national hospitals and sanitariums in
Japan in 1993.
SUBJECTS2207 female nurses.
MAIN OUTCOME
MEASURESSmoking status and history, and attitudes
towards the restriction of smoking at work.
RESULTSThe prevalence
of smoking among female nurses was 18.6%, which was higher than the
age-adjusted prevalence of the general female population using this
study's subjects as a standardised population. Banning smoking in the
hospital in which they worked was supported by 15.0%, whereas 81.6%
supported the restriction of smoking.
CONCLUSIONSThe
results showed that smoking is more common among female nurses than
among the general female adult population. The survey suggested that
nurses favour restriction, but not banning, of smoking.
Keywords: smoking prevalence; nurses; Japan
© 1999 by Tobacco Control
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