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Smokers of tobaco in ISSSTE: Willingness to quit from smoking

Jaime Villalba Caloca , Héctor Noé Morales , Manuel Urbina Fuentes





2006, Number 1

2006; 65 (1)






ABSTRACT

Rationale: In Mexico, the National Survey of Addictions found in the year 2002, 16 million smokers, aged 12 to 65 years old, 26.4% were found in the urban population and 14.3% in the rural population. Health workers are in high risk of tobacco smoking. Objective: To determine, among ISSSTE employees, the prevalence of smoking, the willingness to quit from smoking, to define addiction levels and to identify the cognitive/conductuals factors that can influence quitting tobacco use. Material and methods: Health and administrative workers from 17 ISSSTE offices and hospitals in Mexico City were interviewed with the Fagerström’s questionnaire. χ2 was used for categorical variables and ANOVA for continuous variables, using the STATA 9.0 statistical program. Results: There were 32.3% smoker women and 47.4% smoker men. 77.9% whish to quit smoking, and 71.6% said that health problems are the main reason to quit from smoking. Conclusion: There are an important number of smokers that whish to quit from smoking but 30.7% had high levels of addiction.

KEYWORDS

Tobacco smoking, ISSSTE, fagerström, adiction, prevalence, quit smoking.

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