Smith Derek R, Leggat Peter A
International Centre for Research Promotion and Informatics, National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health, Kawasaki, Japan.
Int Dent J. 2007 Dec;57(6):452-8. doi: 10.1111/j.1875-595x.2007.tb00149.x.
This study was conducted as a systematic review of all modern literature describing the prevalence of tobacco smoking among dental students. An electronic keyword search of appropriate terms was initially undertaken to identify relevant material, after which the reference lists of manuscripts were also examined to locate additional publications. A total of 27 studies from 19 countries were identified. The earliest manuscripts appeared in 1970, with the most recent being published in 2006. From a global perspective, our review suggests that tobacco smoking is relatively uncommon among contemporary dental students in Australia, Brazil, Canada, Great Britain and the United States. This is not surprising however, as it has previously been noted that dentists generally smoke at one of the lowest rates among all health professionals, and much lower than that of the communities in which they live. Somewhat discouragingly, we did find that smoking remains quite common among dental students in countries such as Greece, Serbia, Romania and Hungary. Given the fact that some of the student body continue to smoke tobacco, it is clear that more aggressive tobacco-specific measures should become a mandatory component of global dental education in future years.
本研究是对所有描述牙科学生吸烟率的现代文献进行的系统综述。最初通过对相关术语进行电子关键词搜索来识别相关资料，之后还查阅了手稿的参考文献列表以查找其他出版物。共确定了来自19个国家的27项研究。最早的手稿出现在1970年，最近的发表于2006年。从全球角度来看，我们的综述表明，在澳大利亚、巴西、加拿大、英国和美国，吸烟在当代牙科学生中相对不常见。然而，这并不奇怪，因为此前已经指出，牙医总体上是所有卫生专业人员中吸烟率最低的群体之一，远低于他们所在社区的吸烟率。有点令人沮丧的是，我们确实发现，在希腊、塞尔维亚、罗马尼亚和匈牙利等国，吸烟在牙科学生中仍然相当普遍。鉴于部分学生群体仍在吸烟，显然在未来几年，更积极的针对烟草的措施应成为全球牙科教育的强制性组成部分。
