[Prevalence of tobacco smoking among nurses and the awareness of harmfulness of smoking habit].

Introduction: Smoking is one of several well documented harmful agents that people voluntarily expose to. Nurses are considered by society as the authority in the field of health, what means that they should take advantage of their accomplishments and references in procedures concerned with prophylaxis and smoking habit treatment. For these reasons - nurses' attitude to smoking is so crucial.

[Tobacco smoking, alcohol consumption and physical activity among patients with Type 2 diabetes].

The present article is focused on tobacco smoking, alcohol consumption, and necessary physical activity, and how they contribute to everyday life of diabetic patients. The article is based on a study comprising 106 such patients, treated in two leading centres of diabetological care in the City of Poznan. Fifty eight male and 48 female patients were examined.

[Awareness of health hazards in view of demonstrated behavioural patterns both conducive and detrimental to health].

Background: Credibility of physicians depends not only on their knowledge and achievements in therapies they manage but also on daily manifested behavioural patterns, directed at maintaining and augmenting own health as well as prevention of diseases. A patient will hardly trust members of medical staff if their health-related behaviour indeed contradicts the scientific evidence they quote. WORK'S OBJECTIVE: The study is chiefly aimed at establishing whether future physicians' awareness of health hazards, associated with behavioural patterns detrimental to health, e.

[Tobacco smoking among hospitalised patients with coronary arterial disease].

The impact of tobacco smoking on the development of cardio-vascular diseases, including coronary arterial disease (CAD) is very well known by now. More than 1/3 of the Polish adult population are affected which roughly corresponds with WHO accepted percentage of smokers world-wide (over 30%, over 15 years of age). Smokers with cardio-vascular problems are, naturally, even more dramatically affected.

[Occurrence of cigarette smoking among pregnant women].

Life-style is defined as any set of human behavioural patterns, either conducive or detrimental to health. It is the most important factor influencing health. Cigarette smoking is emphasised as one of its determinants, as far as behavioural patterns detrimental to health are concerned.

[Cigarette smoking among nursing personnel employed in the oncology departments, in the context of the educational tasks performed].

Cigarette smoking has become a popular occurrence in the 21st Cent. It was recognised by the WHO as a disease and classified as the one associated with the addiction. The list of illnesses related to smoking is still expanding while the adult smokers keep living shorter.

[Tobacco smoking among hospitalised patients with arterial hypertension].

Currently 33% of the Polish adult population smoke tobacco (42% males and 25% females), which is a serious issue, particularly in the context of cardiovascular diseases. A study of the extent of smoking among patients with arterial hypertension (AH) served as the basis for the present article. The studied group comprised 100 patients hospitalised due to AH, 46 males and 54 females.

[Tobacco smoking, physical inactivity and stress in 40-year-old patients with cardiovascular diseases].

In the randomised study of 1037 40-year-old inhabitants of the City and the (former) Province of Poznan, born 1959, the occurrence of such cardiovascular diseases as arterial hypertension and ischemic heart disease was established in this subpopulation. Their association with the life-style of the subjects was also assessed. A structured questionnaire was developed for this study, comprising the basic socio-demographical data, the elements of life-style, a self-assessment of one's health as well as subjective and objective medical examination, and the results of selected laboratory tests.

[Causes of hospital admission among 40-year-olds].

The work constitutes a part of the larger project "Comparative analysis of some elements of health state among 40-year-old inhabitants of the City and the Province of Poznan, born 1938, 1959", backed by National Committee of Sciences, performed in the Dept. of Public Health, Chair of Social Medicine, K. Marcinkowski University of Medical Sciences, in Poznan.

[Serum lipid disturbances, obesity and diabetes among 40-year-old inhabitants of the city and the province of Poznan with arterial hypertension and coronary heart disease in the context of the negative elements of health behaviour].

A study, aimed at arterial hypertension and coronary heart disease (CHD) prevalence and identification of risk factors concerning cardiovascular diseases among the population of 40-year-old inhabitants of the City and the Province of Poznan, born 1959 (1037 subjects) in the context of selected elements of life-style, was conducted in the Department of Public Health of Poznan University of Medical Sciences, between 1999-2001. A structured questionnaire was developed specifically for this study comprising the basic socio-demographical data, and also the standard, subjective and objective, medical examination, and the results of selected laboratory tests.

[Reasons for systematic, primary and specialist care of the over-40 population in the city and province of Poznan].

The work constitutes a part of a larger project "Comparative analysis of some elements of health state among 40-year-old inhabitants of the City and the Province of Poznan, born 1938, 1959", backed by National Committee of Sciences, performed in the Department of Public Health, Chair of Social Medicine, K. Marcinkowski University of Medical Sciences, in Poznan. Altogether 1037 persons, born in 1959, were medically examined as to their social background, education, life-style, and their current health picture.

[Cigarette smoking among 40-year-old residents living in Poznan and its Province].

The article begins with the outline of the history of cigarette smoking all over the world, the epidemiological picture of that phenomenon in Europe and the world, and briefly discusses the group of tobacco-dependent diseases. Cigarette smoking among 40-year-olds, living in Poznan, and its Province, was presented in greater detail, according to place of residence, education, gender, the time-length of smoking and the number of cigarettes smoked. The work constitutes a part of the larger project "Comparative analysis of some elements of health state among 40-year-old inhabitants of the City and the Province of Poznan, born 1938, 1959", backed by National Committee of Sciences, performed in the Dept.