[Frequency of tobacco smoking in groups of patients with pulmonary diseases].

The importance of active smoking on respiratory health has been demonstrated in both cross-sectional and longitudinal studies. There is a time lag of cca 20 yrs between initiation of smoking and the appearance of disease symptoms.

OBJECTIVE

Data about tobacco smoking and duration of smoking are very important in patients with lung diseases.

OBJECTIVE

To evaluate the frequency of smokers and duration in some groups of patients with lung diseases. Also to determinate Statistically Significant Difference (P < 0.01) in average duration of smoking and average number of cigarettes per day between the observed groups.

METHODS

We analyzed a randomized clinical sample from 6 groups of patients according to lung diseases. In every group we analyzed percentage of smokers, age, the frequency of male and female smokers, average duration of smoking and average number of cigarettes per day.

RESULTS

Some of the results shown in tables and graphs.

CONCLUSIONS

The highest percentage of smokers was at the group of patients with Lung cancer, the longest average duration of smoking was in the group of smokers with COPD, the highest average number of smoked cigarettes was in the group of smokers with pulmonary embolism etc.