Smokers’s knowledge on the harm for health in Da nang province in 2004
- Author:
Khuong Van Duy
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Cigarette
- MeSH:
Smoking;
Health;
Knowledge
- From:Journal of Preventive Medicine
2005;15(5):31-36
- CountryViet Nam
- Language:Vietnamese
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Abstract:
Study of 330 samples of smokers selected from smoking population living in Da Nang city. This was a cross-sectional study. Result: The mean age of smokers was 20.5+/-13.5 years old and each consumed 13.1+/-7.7 cigarettes per day. The harms of tobacco on health of the smoker’s health included 61.8% of pneumonia, 30.1% of bronchitis, 17.9% of chronic lung diseases, 2.8% of ARI, 31.0% of lung cancers, 17.6% of cardiovascular diseases, and 14.4% of neurological disorders. Main sources of information providing to smokers with the knowledge of tobacco's harms from broadcasting and television and warning on the package was very limited.
