[Smoking behavior of Dutch family physicians in 1983-1988]

Ned Tijdschr Geneeskd. 1990 Aug 4;134(31):1502-5.
[Article in Dutch]

Abstract

General practitioners' smoking behaviour in The Netherlands is described on the basis of survey data collected in the period 1983-1988. Until 1983 a large majority of the Dutch family physicians were smokers (1957: 82%, 1983: 56%). The smoking prevalence then was higher among physicians than among the male population. After 1983 a new development set in. Three inquiries showed that among Dutch physicians the smoking prevalence in 1988 was lower than that among the male general population (29 versus 37%). Dutch family physicians have stopped smoking to a larger extent than the physicians in any other EC-country (43% ex-smokers). Young entry-level doctors more and more tend to be never-smokers.

Publication types

  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Europe
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Netherlands / epidemiology
  • Patient Education as Topic
  • Physicians, Family*
  • Smoking / epidemiology*
  • Surveys and Questionnaires