Smoking behaviour predicts tobacco control attitudes in a high smoking prevalence hospital: A cross-sectional study in a Portuguese teaching hospital prior to the national smoking ban

Table 1 Descriptive characteristics and smoking status of the sample and level of participation by professional group (PG)

PG	a)	b)	Males c)	Females c)	Participation d)	Smokers	Never Smokers	Ex- Smokers
Office staff	100	17.2	23.0	77.0	59.5	23.5	57.1	19.4
Physicians	37	6.3	67.6	32.4	30.8	18.9	59.5	21.6
Nurses	226	38.8	29.3	70.7	72.0	26.1	56.3	17.6
Other HCPs	46	7.9	21.7	78.3	46.9	21.7	54.3	23.9
Auxiliaries*	125	21.4	38.7	61.3	48.0	43.2	46.4	10.4
Other non-HCPs	49	8.4	53.1	46.9	50.5	34.7	46.9	18.4
Total**	583	100.0	34.1	65.9	52.9	29.5	53.4	17.1

a) Total number of responders per PG; b) % of the participants sample; c) % within the responders by PG; d) % within hospital staff by PG.
*In Portugal auxiliaries do not receive specific professional health education. In general they have less than 10 years' education (in this hospital 60% have less than 7 years' education; 40% ≤ 4 years). Nurses have a minimum of 15 years' education and physicians at least 18 years. Auxiliaries have the lowest income and physicians the highest. ** 6 missing

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