Tobacco consumption and prevention of chronic diseases in general practice
Relevance: Currently, there is an increase in the number of women who use tobacco [8]. According to WHO forecasts, in the absence of effective measures to protect the population from smoking in Kazakhstan, out of 2.8 million current smokers, 1.4 million people, including women, are at risk of premature death.Objective: To analyze the prevalence and intensity of smoking among women according to two representative studies of GATS-Kazakhstan and UNICEF - MICS.Methods: the paper uses an electronic information method to analyze the database, scientific articles, documents of WHO, CDC, analysis of the intensity of smoking of women,Results: the use of other tobacco products by women was 5.8%. exposure of women to passive smoking in public places: in restaurants - 22.2%, in cafes - 27.2%, in night clubs and bars - 70.9%, 17.2% - in public transport and universities, 8.8% - in hospitals, at home - 15.6%) [13]. According to the results of UNICEF-2015 MICS in Kazakhstan, 26.9% of women reported that they had ever used a particular tobacco product, while 8.4% of women smoked cigarettes or used smoking or non-smoking tobacco products the last month before the survey [14].Thus, for the prevention of chronic noncommunicable diseases (CNCD) among women by general practitioners, in conducting a survey, it is necessary to take into account not only the proportion of cigarettes consuming industrial production (4.2%), but also smoking other tobacco products.