Table 3.
Knowledge of health consequences of tobacco smoking | Current smokers | Current non-smokers | Total |
---|---|---|---|
Smoking causes | Percentage (95% CI*) | Percentage (95% CI*) | Percentage (95% CI*) |
Serious illness | 88.3 (82.8–92.2) | 95.1 (93.6–96.3) | 93.4 (91.0–95.2) |
Stroke | 59.4 (54.0–64.6) | 70.3 (67.8–72.7) | 67.6 (64.9–70.3) |
Heart attack | 54.2 (49.9–58.5) | 63.1 (60.8–65.4) | 60.9 (58.5–63.4) |
Lung cancer | 93.0 (89.9–95.2) | 96.7 (95.8–97.3) | 95.8 (94.6–96.7) |
Stroke, heart attack, and lung cancer | 43.1 (38.0–48.4) | 54.3 (52.0–56.6) | 51.5 (48.8–54.2) |
Breathing other people's smoke cause serious illness in non-smokers | 77.3 (71.3–82.4) | 86.0 (84.2–87.7) | 83.8 (81.3–86.1) |
95% confidence interval.
N=9,919 individuals from 656 PSUs of 6 strata.