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Table 3 Smoking behaviours among medical doctors in different Western countries.

From: Use of tobacco and alcohol by Swiss primary care physicians: a cross-sectional survey

 

Current smoker (%)

Former smoker (%)

Never smoker (%)

Swiss primary care physicians (2002)7 (n = 1784)

12 1

22

66

American cardiologist (2004)7 (n = 471) [7]

2 1

14

84

American physicians (1989–90)7 (n = 5426) [13]

11 2

40

49

Finnish general practitioners (2001)7 (n = 697) [28]

13 3

-

-

Estonian physicians (2002)7 (n = 2668) [25]

13 4

20

67

Finnish physicians (2001)7 (n = 2075) [29]

15 3

37

48

German physicians (1999)7 (n = 1144) [8]

18 4

22

60

Japanese physicians (2000)7 (n = 3771) [22]

20 3

28

52

Italian chest physicians (1995)7 (n = 605) [30]

25 5

34

41

Italian physicians (1999)7 (n = 501) [24]

28 3

27

46

French general practitioners (1998)7 (n = 2073) [26]

32 6

46

22

Bosnian general practitioners (2002)7 (n = 110) [23]

40 5

14

46

  1. 1: daily smoker.
  2. 2: smoking at least once in the past month.
  3. 3: daily or occasional smoker.
  4. 4: current smoker.
  5. 5: definition not available in the paper.
  6. 6: regular or occasional smoker.
  7. 7: year of survey.