[The impact of smoking cigarettes on insomnia and excessive daytime sleepiness symptoms among teachers].

One of the most important problems in sleep medicine is Sleep Related Breathing Disorder and Insomnia. The excessive daytime sleepiness is basic symptom of those disorders. In this study we analyze some parameters of insomnia severity and excessive daytime sleepiness among smoking and nonsmoking teachers. In this study we used the own questionnaire about smoking, and Athens Insomnia Scale; Insomnia Severity Index; Epworth Sleepiness Scale; Fatigue Severity Scale. The 94 teachers was included to the study, 99% was female. We don't observe any differences between smoking and no-smoking group in any parameters. In the next step we categorize results and there no significant differences between frequency in both groups. There no significant differences between in both groups even we include persons who smoking in the past. Additional studies are needed to describe the connection between smoking cigarettes and sleep problem in different aged group.