Table 4 Attitudes toward smoking in front of non-smokers and children
From: Prevalence, habits and personal attitudes towards smoking among health care professionals
| Resident physicians | Specialist physicians | Trainee nurses | Nurses with secondary education | Nurses with associate degree | Total | P* | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | ||
| One should pay attention to smoking in presence of non-smokers | |||||||
| Strongly disagree | 0 (0.0) | 1 (1.3) | 2 (5.1) | 15 (5.9) | 3 (3.1) | 21 (4.2) | .012 |
| Disagree | 0 (0.0) | 1 (1.3) | 0 (0.0) | 12 (4.8) | 4 (4.2) | 17 (3.4) | |
| Undecided | 2 (6.2) | 1 (1.3) | 4 (10.3) | 17 (6.7) | 5 (5.2) | 29 (5.8) | |
| Agree | 7 (21.9) | 7 (9.1) | 9 (23.1) | 55 (21.8) | 10 (10.4) | 88 (17.7) | |
| Strongly agree | 23 (71.9) | 67 (87.0) | 24 (61.5) | 153 (60.7) | 74 (77.1) | 341 (68.7) | |
| One should pay attention to smoking in presence of children | |||||||
| Strongly disagree | 1 (3.1) | 4 (5.1) | 1 (2.6) | 7 (2.8) | 4 (4.2) | 17 (3.4) | .859 |
| Disagree | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (2.6) | 3 (1.2) | 0 (0.0) | 4 (0.8) | |
| Undecided | 0 (0.0) | 2 (2.6) | 0 (0.0) | 3 (1.2) | 2 (2.1) | 7 (1.4) | |
| Agree | 3 (9.4) | 3 (3.9) | 1 (2.6) | 8 (3.2) | 4 (4.2) | 19 (3.8) | |
| Strongly agree | 28 (87.5) | 69 (88.5) | 36 (92.3) | 231 (91.7) | 86 (89.6) | 450 (90.5) | |