Smoking Behaviour and Practices and Smoking Cessation in the General Population and among Health Care Professionals in Metro Manila
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Smoking Behaviour and Practices and Smoking Cessation in the General Population and among Health Care Professionals in Metro Manila
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Michelle Angela L Tan; Fellow, Institute of Pulmonary Medicine, St. Luke's Medical Center
Guinevere Dy-Agra; Research Training Officer, Department of Internal Medicine, Cardinal Santos Medical Center; Consultant, Institute of Pulmonary Medicine, St. Luke's Medical Center |
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Internal Medicine
Global epidemic; health care professionals; nicotine; tobacco |
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Background: A sizeable amount of the population continues to smoke despite global efforts in smoking cessation; unfortunately smoking prevalence is especially high in the productive age group, i.e., 22-65 years old. Even health care professionals who are aware of the ill effects of smoking have difficulty quitting. Objective: The main aim of this study is to investigate the smoking behavior and reasons for failure of smoking cessation in the general population and among health care professionals in Metro Manila. Methodology: Random sampling of cities and participants was done. Cities included were Pasig, Mandaluyong, San Juan, Paranaque, Makati, Quezon City, Manila, Paranaque and Muntinlupa; hospitals included were CSMC, TMC, SLMC and UP-PGH. The Wisconsin Inventory of Smoking Dependence Motives (WISDM-68), a standardized questionnaire, was used. Results: A total of 4,000 survey forms were distributed and 1,388 (34.7%) were returned; 1,249 (90%) from the general population and 139 (10%) from health care professionals. Principal reasons for smoking and difficulty quitting in the general population are social and environmental goads, particularly in the workplace, and associative processes. Moreover, health care professionals are high in the motives that predict relapse, namely cognitive enhancement, social and environmental goads and negative reinforcement, in that order. Conclusion: With a more in depth understanding of smoking behavior and practices and why most smokers fail to quit, physicians would be more adept in motivating and counselling each smoking patient to quit. Keywords: Global epidemic; health care professionals; nicotine; tobacco DOI: 10.3860/pjim.v47i3.1655 Phil. J. Internal Medicine, 47: 129-135, May-June, 2009
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The Philippine College of Physicians
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2010-07-23
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Peer-Reviewed Article
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application/pdf
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http://www.philjol.info/index.php/PJIM/article/view/1655
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Philippine Journal of Internal Medicine; Vol 47, No 3 (2009); 129-135
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en
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Philippines
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