Title |
Factors affecting commencement and cessation of smoking behaviour in Malaysian adults
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Published in |
BMC Public Health, March 2012
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DOI | 10.1186/1471-2458-12-207 |
Pubmed ID | |
Authors |
Wan Maria Nabillah Ghani, Ishak Abdul Razak, Yi Hsin Yang, Norain Abu Talib, Noriaki Ikeda, Tony Axell, Prakash C Gupta, Yujiro Handa, Norlida Abdullah, Rosnah Binti Zain |
Abstract |
Tobacco consumption peak in developed countries has passed, however, it is on the increase in many developing countries. Apart from cigarettes, consumption of local hand-rolled cigarettes such as bidi and rokok daun are prevalent in specific communities. Although factors associated with smoking initiation and cessation has been investigated elsewhere, the only available data for Malaysia is on prevalence. This study aims to investigate factors associated with smoking initiation and cessation which is imperative in designing intervention programs. |
X Demographics
Geographical breakdown
Country | Count | As % |
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Malaysia | 1 | 33% |
Unknown | 2 | 67% |
Demographic breakdown
Type | Count | As % |
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Members of the public | 3 | 100% |
Mendeley readers
Geographical breakdown
Country | Count | As % |
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India | 1 | <1% |
Switzerland | 1 | <1% |
Unknown | 110 | 98% |
Demographic breakdown
Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
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Student > Master | 24 | 21% |
Student > Bachelor | 14 | 13% |
Researcher | 11 | 10% |
Other | 7 | 6% |
Student > Doctoral Student | 7 | 6% |
Other | 23 | 21% |
Unknown | 26 | 23% |
Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
---|---|---|
Medicine and Dentistry | 36 | 32% |
Nursing and Health Professions | 7 | 6% |
Social Sciences | 6 | 5% |
Unspecified | 4 | 4% |
Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 3 | 3% |
Other | 23 | 21% |
Unknown | 33 | 29% |