Alcohol, tobacco and illicit drug use amongst nurses: A Scottish study

Plant, Moira L.; Plant, Martin A.; Plant, Moira; Plant, Martin; Foster, Jean

Abstract

This paper examines patterns of self-reported alcohol, tobacco and illicit drug use amongst a representative sample of 600 qualified nurses in the Lothian Region of Scotland. General levels of alcohol use were not exceptional. Even so, levels of tobacco smoking and the use of illicit drugs were higher than for the general population. Female psychiatric nurses were significantly more likely than female medical or surgical nurses to smoke tobacco, to drink heavily and to have experienced adverse alcoholrelated consequences. © 1991.

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Publication Date: Jan 1, 1991
• Journal: Drug and Alcohol Dependence
• Print ISSN: 0376-8716
• Publisher: Elsevier
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 28
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 195-202
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/0376-8716%2891%2990076-B
• Keywords: alcohol consumption, tobacco, illicit drugs, nurses
• Public URL: https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/1110335
• Publisher URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0376-8716(91)90076-B