An international review of tobacco smoking in the medical profession: 1974–2004
BMC Public HealthPublished 20 June 2007Open access
Derek Smith, Peter A. Leggat
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It is suggested that while physicians' smoking habits appear to vary from region to region, they are not uniformly low when viewed from an international perspective.
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Overall, this review suggests that while physicians' smoking habits appear to vary from region to region, they are not uniformly low when viewed from an international perspective. It is important that smoking in the medical profession declines in future years, so that physicians can remain at the forefront of anti-smoking programs and lead the way as public health exemplars in the 21st century.
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