I have been attending a PGEA course this week and I have
been surprised to note the number of doctors that smoke.
I understood that the national general population
proportion was 30-something per cent.
In my practice, 50% of the patients 16-74 smoke. In some
age-groups (women aged 18-30, for example), the proportion
reaches 60%
I reckon there are about 40 delegates (all GPs) on this
course and that there are about 10 smokers.
This is more than a little dispiriting, IMNSVHO.
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