The perception towards national anti-smoking initiatives among Malay male smokers
Background: Global Adult Tobacco Survey (GATS), Malaysia 2011 reported that the prevalence of smoking was highest among Malays male i.e., 24.6% (CI:22.1,27.3). The aim of this study was to evaluate the perception of a group of smokers towards various national anti-smoking initiatives as well as its...
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| author | Ismail, Suriani Juni, Muhamad Hanafiah K. C. Mani, Kulanthayan Saliluddin, Muhamad Suhainizam Zakwan, Raja Ahmad Tiong, Ling Rong |
| author_facet | Ismail, Suriani Juni, Muhamad Hanafiah K. C. Mani, Kulanthayan Saliluddin, Muhamad Suhainizam Zakwan, Raja Ahmad Tiong, Ling Rong |
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| description | Background: Global Adult Tobacco Survey (GATS), Malaysia 2011 reported that the prevalence of smoking was highest among Malays male i.e., 24.6% (CI:22.1,27.3). The aim of this study was to evaluate the perception of a group of smokers towards various national anti-smoking initiatives as well as its association with age and education level.
Methods: The study was conducted in a randomly selected pre-dominantly Malay settlement in Malaysia using a validated self-administered questionnaire. The national anti-smoking initiatives assessed were ‘anti-smoking campaign’, ‘labelling on cigarette pack’, ‘increment of cigarette price’, ‘smoke free zone policies’ and ‘Quit smoking clinic’ initiatives.
Results: A total of 136 Malay male smokers participated in this study. The percentage of respondents agreeing with the questions asked were very low, ranging from only 5.9% to 24.3%, except for one i.e., 99.3% agreed that the information on cigarette packs can be trusted. Assessing the success of various types of national anti-smoking initiatives in helping smokers to quit, the percentage of those who agreed ranged between 17.6% - 24.3% and in helping to reduce numbers of cigarette smoked, the range was from 12.5% to 18.4%. There was a significant association between ‘increment of cigarette price’ initiative with level of education (P=0.02).
Conclusion: The percentage of positive perceptions towards all anti-smoking efforts was low and perception towards ‘increment of cigarette price’ was associated with level of education. |
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| spelling | upm.eprints-357632016-02-10T03:03:59Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/35763/ The perception towards national anti-smoking initiatives among Malay male smokers Ismail, Suriani Juni, Muhamad Hanafiah K. C. Mani, Kulanthayan Saliluddin, Muhamad Suhainizam Zakwan, Raja Ahmad Tiong, Ling Rong Background: Global Adult Tobacco Survey (GATS), Malaysia 2011 reported that the prevalence of smoking was highest among Malays male i.e., 24.6% (CI:22.1,27.3). The aim of this study was to evaluate the perception of a group of smokers towards various national anti-smoking initiatives as well as its association with age and education level. Methods: The study was conducted in a randomly selected pre-dominantly Malay settlement in Malaysia using a validated self-administered questionnaire. The national anti-smoking initiatives assessed were ‘anti-smoking campaign’, ‘labelling on cigarette pack’, ‘increment of cigarette price’, ‘smoke free zone policies’ and ‘Quit smoking clinic’ initiatives. Results: A total of 136 Malay male smokers participated in this study. The percentage of respondents agreeing with the questions asked were very low, ranging from only 5.9% to 24.3%, except for one i.e., 99.3% agreed that the information on cigarette packs can be trusted. Assessing the success of various types of national anti-smoking initiatives in helping smokers to quit, the percentage of those who agreed ranged between 17.6% - 24.3% and in helping to reduce numbers of cigarette smoked, the range was from 12.5% to 18.4%. There was a significant association between ‘increment of cigarette price’ initiative with level of education (P=0.02). Conclusion: The percentage of positive perceptions towards all anti-smoking efforts was low and perception towards ‘increment of cigarette price’ was associated with level of education. Tehran University of Medical Sciences 2014-10 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/35763/1/The%20Perception%20towards%20National%20Anti-Smoking%20Initiatives.pdf Ismail, Suriani and Juni, Muhamad Hanafiah and K. C. Mani, Kulanthayan and Saliluddin, Muhamad Suhainizam and Zakwan, Raja Ahmad and Tiong, Ling Rong (2014) The perception towards national anti-smoking initiatives among Malay male smokers. Iranian Journal of Public Health, 43 (suppl. 3). pp. 194-200. ISSN 2251-6085; ESSN: 2251-6093 http://ijph.tums.ac.ir/index.php/ijph/article/view/4898 |
| spellingShingle | Ismail, Suriani Juni, Muhamad Hanafiah K. C. Mani, Kulanthayan Saliluddin, Muhamad Suhainizam Zakwan, Raja Ahmad Tiong, Ling Rong The perception towards national anti-smoking initiatives among Malay male smokers |
| title | The perception towards national anti-smoking initiatives among Malay male smokers |
| title_full | The perception towards national anti-smoking initiatives among Malay male smokers |
| title_fullStr | The perception towards national anti-smoking initiatives among Malay male smokers |
| title_full_unstemmed | The perception towards national anti-smoking initiatives among Malay male smokers |
| title_short | The perception towards national anti-smoking initiatives among Malay male smokers |
| title_sort | perception towards national anti smoking initiatives among malay male smokers |
| url | http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/35763/1/The%20Perception%20towards%20National%20Anti-Smoking%20Initiatives.pdf |
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