Real situation of smoking tobaco and some factors relating to smoker in Hai Phong
- Author:
Pham Van Nhien
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Smoking tobaco
- MeSH:
Smoking;
Tobacco
- From:Journal of Vietnamese Medicine
2005;310(5):11-16
- CountryViet Nam
- Language:Vietnamese
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Abstract:
Randomized epidemiology study was conducted in 4,882 people about real situation of smoking tobacco at 12 districts of Hai Phong in 2002. Result: smoking rate was still high (39.6%), mainly at 21 to 60 of ages (79.9%), among of them men were 96%, women were 4%. Smoking rate in rural areas was higher urban areas (p<0.05). The occupation had high smoking rate were: driver (83.3%), solider (73.4%), police (60%), worker (45.6%), farmer (39.4%). The occupations with low smoking rate were: health (28.2%), education (22.7%), student (16.7%), civil service (15.7%), and pupil (7.3%). Three sources of information which talked about damages of smoking are: television (92.7%), radio (61.2%), and photograph (49.3%). Smoking reasons: around smokers (53.3%), civility (40,0%), working condition (29.6%), and habit (48.2%). The rate of given up smoking in Hai Phong in 2002 was 26.5%
