[About Development of Programs of Struggle with Tobacco Smoking in Medical Workers].

The article presents a review of prevalence of smoking among physicians and medical nurses suffering from nicotine dependence. The most of smoking medical workers began to smoke already during student years. they don't relate their diseases with smoking. The incomplete awareness of true causes of one's own diseases is manifested in ignoring preventive activities and healthy life-style. The actuality of necessity of development of program of prevention tobacco dependence in medical workers suffering from tobacco dependence is demonstrated.