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Abstract
Original Article
Questionnaire survey about smoking distributed at the annual meetings of the Japanese Respiratory Society between 1996 and 2015
Satoshi Kitamuraa Jun Kobayashia Akiko Okuyamab
aDepartment of Respiratory Medicine, Minami-Tochigi Hospital
bDepartment of Respiratory Medicine, Jichi Medical University
ABSTRACT
Questionnaires were distributed at the annual meetings of the Japanese Respiratory Society (JRS) held in 1996, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2010, 2012, and 2015. The smoking prevalence among JRS attendants has reduced from 22.7% to 2.2% over the past 20 years. Notably, the smoking prevalence among physicians reduced from 12.9% to 1.2%. The percentage of attendants from smoke-free hospitals markedly increased from 7.5% to 80%. In-hospital tobacco sales through vending machines and retail shops markedly reduced. In conclusion, the smoking behavior among meeting attendants has markedly improved over these 19 years, especially in physicians. However, more powerful action is needed to promote a no-smoking campaign and passive smoking prevention.
KEYWORDS
Annual meeting of the Japanese Respiratory Society Questionnaire survey about smoking Smoking prevalence
Received 9 Aug 2019 ／ Accepted 3 Oct 2019
AJRS, 9(1): 1-4, 2020
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