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[Smoking behaviour and willingness to stop smoking in patients admitted in an internal medicine ward]

Miedinger, D. and Drescher, T. and Nester, N. and Zeller, A. and von Garnier, C. and Leuppi, J. D.. (2011) [Smoking behaviour and willingness to stop smoking in patients admitted in an internal medicine ward]. Schweizerische Rundschau für Medizin PRAXIS, Vol. 100, H. 9. pp. 525-530.

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Abstract

Smoking is one of the leading preventable risk factors for the development of lung-, cardio-vascular diseases and cancer. We report results of a prospective survey regarding smoking behaviour and willingness to stop smoking in patients of an internal medicine clinic. Twenty percent of participants admitted smoking cigarettes in the previous 7 days. Smokers were more often males and were younger than non- or ex-smokers. Every second smoker reported being told to stop smoking by a physician before but only about a third was offered active support in doing so. About half of the smoking participants were interested to quit smoking and to participate in a hospital-based smoking cessation program. In patients admitted to the hospital, smoking behaviour and willingness to quit smoking should be recorded and help in quitting smoking should be offered actively. Beside recording smoking behaviour and willingness to quit, patients who are admitted in the hospital should be offered help to quit smoking or to join a proactive structured smoking cessation program.
Faculties and Departments:03 Faculty of Medicine > Bereich Medizinische Fächer (Klinik) > Pneumologie
03 Faculty of Medicine > Departement Klinische Forschung > Bereich Medizinische Fächer (Klinik) > Pneumologie
03 Faculty of Medicine > Bereich Medizinische Fächer (Klinik) > Allgemeine innere Medizin USB > Ambulante innere Medizin (Hess C)
03 Faculty of Medicine > Departement Klinische Forschung > Bereich Medizinische Fächer (Klinik) > Allgemeine innere Medizin USB > Ambulante innere Medizin (Hess C)
UniBasel Contributors:Leuppi, Jörg D. and Zeller, Andreas
Item Type:Article, refereed
Article Subtype:Research Article
Publisher:Huber
ISSN:0369-8394
Note:Publication type according to Uni Basel Research Database: Journal article
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Last Modified:10 Jan 2022 04:10
Deposited On:31 Jan 2014 09:49

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