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LÆKNABLAÐIÐ
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ÞAKKIR
Læknafélagi íslands eru færðar þakkir fyrir
frumkvæði og fjárstyrk til þessarar könnunar.
SUMMARY
A 1989 survay of 195 Icelandic doctors, 166
men and 29 women aged 26-79, showed that
13% smoked daily and another 13% rarely
smoked. Of those under 40 more than half had
never smoked. Daily smoking was 2-3 times
less common than among the general public,
whereas occasional smoking was 2-3 times
more common. The number who smoked, as
well as the number who had quit smoking,
increased with age. The most popular form
of smoking was cigarettes for 39%, cigars for
27%, and a pipe for 7%. The GPs smoked
the least, intemists and psychiatrists the most.
The most common reason for not smoking
was to »maintain health«. Doctors advised
patients not to smoke especially if a smoking-
related disorder was diagnosed or if the
patients themselves brought up the subject of
smoking; otherwise much less was said. The
advice given by the physician was markedly
dependent on whether or not he/she him-
/herself smoked.
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