Table 1

Frequency distributions of selected demographic and lifestyle variables for 240 physicians in Yerevan, Armenia, 2004

Variables
No.
%

Age


     20–29
33
14.2
     30–39
56
24.1
     40–49
55
23.7
     50–59
73
31.5
     60+
15
6.5
Sex


     Men
105
42.1
     Women
133
55.9
Smoking behavior*


     Never smoker
132
55.5
     Former smoker
25
10.5
     Occasional smoker
13
5.5
     Regular smoker
68
28.6
Smoking policy in facility


     None
54
28.0
     Special smoking rooms
46
23.8
     Completely forbidden to smoke
93
48.2
Is smoking policy enforced?


     Yes, always
94
48.5
     Yes, sometimes
42
21.7
     No
40
20.6
     Don't know
18
9.3
State of preparedness to assist patients to quit smoking


     Well prepared
78
35.3
     Somewhat prepared
124
56.1
     Unprepared
19
8.6

*Respondents were not provided definitions for the terms regular smoker, occasional smoker, or former smoker. Each respondent defined these terms individually.

Perrin et al. BMC Public Health 2006 6:139   doi:10.1186/1471-2458-6-139