[Socio-demographic factors and the prevalence of tobacco smoking in the workplace].

Tobacco smoking constitutes to be the main cause of health risk in Poland and is one of the most harmful elements of human's lifestyle. Workplace was recognized as a major source of tobacco smoke exposure for others. There should be keep in mind, that in present, it is a task of both employers and employees to create and maintain a safe work environment. The aim of the paper is to assess the prevalence of tobacco smoke among employees of one of the biggest works in Podkarpackie Region, with regard to age, gender, education and performed function. The study was carried out between January and March 2008 in the biggest works on Podkarpackie Region, within the programme "Smoke-free workplace". On the first stage of the study the prevalence of tobacco smoking was assessed, and the opinions of employees of 1291 about the problem of tobacco smoking were known. The survey was conducted by means of diagnostic survey with the use of questionnaire. The chi-square test was used in statistic analyzes. It results from the study, that the majority of studied employees never has smoked and do not smoke. The problem of tobacco smoking among studied group in general did not considered women. A large group of studied employees (smokers and non-smokers) indicated, that only occasionally is exposured on passive smoking, or this problem did not consider them at all. It was stated, that there are differences in gender, age, education and tobacco smoking. More than a half of studied men do not smoke, and represents younger and better educated group. A position also differentiated studied employees in the scope of tobacco smoking. People on high managing positions smoked slightly more frequent.