Howell F
European Medical Association Smoking and Health, Laytown, Co Meath.
Ir Med J. 1996 Jan-Feb;89(1):18-20.
This study was carried out to quantify the published research on smoking in Irish medical journals, to ascertain the type of research carried out and to identify the authors of that research. Five Irish medical journals published between 1960-94 were studied: The Irish Journal of Medical Science. The Journal of the Irish Medical Association/The Irish Medical Journal. The Journal of the Irish Colleges of Physicians and Surgeons and Forum. During the 35 years under study, 50 papers explicitly dealing, with smoking were published. Only two papers appeared in Forum. There was a decline in published papers in the eighties with a resurgence in the early nineties. Of the 50 papers a majority were observational and ten were editorials. Only one paper dealt with smoking cessation and one with preventive work. General practitioners were poorly represented as authors. One doctor (Prof. R. Mulcahy) published at least one paper on smoking in each quinquennium since 1960. This study underlines the relative insignificance of smoking as a topic for research in Ireland. A major sea change in attitude will be required if the government's targets for smoking cessation are to be realised, particularly if they are to be achieved by relying on the medical.
开展本研究是为了量化爱尔兰医学期刊上已发表的关于吸烟的研究，确定所开展研究的类型，并找出这些研究的作者。对1960年至1994年间出版的五本爱尔兰医学期刊进行了研究：《爱尔兰医学科学杂志》《爱尔兰医学协会杂志》/《爱尔兰医学期刊》《爱尔兰内科医师与外科医师学院杂志》以及《论坛》。在研究的35年期间，共发表了50篇明确涉及吸烟的论文。只有两篇论文发表在《论坛》上。八十年代发表的论文数量有所下降，九十年代初又有所回升。在这50篇论文中，大多数是观察性研究，有10篇是社论。只有一篇论文涉及戒烟，一篇涉及预防工作。作为作者，全科医生的代表性不足。自1960年以来，有一位医生（R. 马尔卡希教授）每五年至少发表一篇关于吸烟的论文。这项研究突显了吸烟作为爱尔兰研究课题的相对不重要性。如果要实现政府的戒烟目标，尤其是要依靠医学手段来实现这些目标，就需要态度上的重大转变。
