Source: International Congress 2014 – Three smoking-related diseases: cardiovascular, lung cancer and infection
Disease area: Airway diseases

Abstract

Smoking is one of the first risk factor for cardiovascular diseases. The cardiologists are confronted every day with those aspects.We did a study which has as primary objective:smoking prevalence(this is the first study on this aspect) and the secondary objective was to determine their interest in smoking cessation and in spirometric evaluation. The study was based on a questionary of smoking habits which was direct distributed and we also invited them to a discussion on smoking cessation in a separate place .The distributed questioners number was500, and we recover283 (194men;89women).The smoking prevalence was48,3% with similar absolut number by sex(52mem;48 women) with a total smoked cigarettes11,62± 9,85cig/day and a total years of smoking12,004±12,89 years. The prevalence was high in Cardiologists with higher practice experience 24,48 ± 12,89 years and with a lot of years on night shifts(on duty)73,2%. A few of them were ex-smokers(20 men,13 women).This prevalence is higher then any other specialists ,like pneumologists with a 10% (2007),maybe because the last ones are more involved in smoking cessation activities.Regarding the second objective,just o few of them want to discuss about it ,and only form the doctor's point of view, not from themselves.Conclusion The prevalence in cardiologist is high ,they know the cardiovascular effects of smoking, but they are not interested in smoking cessation information and in spirometric evaluation. We have to involve them in antitobacco activities, because one of ~The End –Game –objective is education and specialties collaboration is essential.

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I. Munteanu, I. Balasa, A. M. Salariu, F. Mihaltan (Bucharest, Romania). Are smoking cardiologists interest in smoking cessation?. Eur Respir J 2014; 44: Suppl. 58, 323

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