Patterns of smoking behavior among physicians in Yerevan, Armenia

BMC Public Health

Table 1 Frequency distributions of selected demographic and lifestyle variables for 240 physicians in Yerevan, Armenia, 2004

Variables	No.	%
Age
20–29	33	14.2
30–39	56	24.1
40–49	55	23.7
50–59	73	31.5
60+	15	6.5
Sex
Men	105	42.1
Women	133	55.9
Smoking behavior*
Never smoker	132	55.5
Former smoker	25	10.5
Occasional smoker	13	5.5
Regular smoker	68	28.6
Smoking policy in facility
None	54	28.0
Special smoking rooms	46	23.8
Completely forbidden to smoke	93	48.2
Is smoking policy enforced?
Yes, always	94	48.5
Yes, sometimes	42	21.7
No	40	20.6
Don't know	18	9.3
State of preparedness to assist patients to quit smoking
Well prepared	78	35.3
Somewhat prepared	124	56.1
Unprepared	19	8.6

*Respondents were not provided definitions for the terms regular smoker, occasional smoker, or former smoker. Each respondent defined these terms individually.

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