Table 2.

Health knowledge regarding tobacco, by country

	Armenia N (%)[ [95% CI]	Azerbaijan N (%) [95% CI]	Belarus N (%) [95% CI]	Georgia N (%) [95% CI]	Kazakhstan N (%) [95% CI]	Kyrgyzstan N (%) [95% CI]	Moldova N (%) [95% CI]	Russia N (%) [95% CI]	Ukraine N (%) [95% CI]
Health knowledge – agree smoking can cause:
Lung cancer	1400 (77.8) [75.9; 79.7]	1437 (79.8) [78.0; 81.7]	1675 (93.1) [91.9; 94.2]	2043 (92.9) [91.8; 93.9]	1598 (88.8) [87.3; 90.2]	1665 (92.5) [91.3; 93.7]	1635 (90.8) [89.5; 92.2]	2708 (90.3) [89.2; 91.3]	1864 (93.2) [92.1; 94.3]
Heart disease	1423 (79.1) [77.2; 80.9]	926 (51.4) [49.1; 53.8]	1372 (76.2) [74.3; 78.2]	1613 (73.3) [71.5; 75.2]	1109 (61.6) [59.4; 63.9]	1061 (58.9) [56.7; 61.2]	1116 (62.0) [59.8; 64.2]	2278 (75.9) [74.4; 77.5]	1547 (77.4) [75.5; 79.2]
Bronchitis	916 (50.9) [48.6; 53.2]	773 (42.9) [40.7; 45.2]	1135 (63.1) [60.8; 65.3]	949 (43.1) [41.1; 45.2]	1047 (58.2) [55.9; 60.4]	1128 (62.7) [60.4; 64.9]	1198 (66.6) [64.4; 68.7]	2041 (68.0) [66.4; 69.7]	1251 (62.6) [60.4; 64.7]
Stroke	941 (52.3) [50.0; 54.6]	205 (11.4) [9.9; 12.9]	800 (44.4) [42.1; 46.7]	625 (28.4) [26.5; 30.3]	674 (37.4) [35.2; 39.7]	597 (33.2) [31.0; 35.3]	512 (28.4) [26.4; 30.5]	1554 (51.8) [50.0 53.6]	1049 (52.5) [50.3 54.6]
Caries	590 (32.8) [30.6; 34.9]	562 (31.2) [29.1; 33.4]	616 (34.2) [32.0; 36.4]	543 (24.7) [22.9; 26.5]	560 (31.1) [29.0; 33.3]	476 (26.4) [24.4; 28.5]	658 (36.6) [34.3; 38.8]	775 (25.8) [24.3; 27.4]	683 (34.2) [32.1; 36.2]
Impotence	246 (13.7) [12.1; 15.3]	117 (6.5) [5.4; 7.6]	475 (26.4) [24.4; 28.4]	234 (10.6) [9.3; 11.9]	224 (12.4) [10.9; 14.0]	215 (11.9) [10.4; 13.4]	597 (33.2) [31.0; 35.3]	596 (19.9) [18.4; 21.3]	718 (35.9) [33.8; 38.0]
Infertility	231 (12.8) [11.3; 14.4]	107 (5.9) [4.9; 7.0]	428 (23.8) [21.8; 25.7]	348 (15.8) [14.3; 17.3]	261 (14.5) [12.9; 16.1]	243 (13.5) [11.9; 15.1]	402 (22.3) [20.4; 24.3]	517 (17.2) [15.9; 18.6]	558 (27.9) [25.9; 29.9]
Influence of passive smoking on health:
Yes negatively to children and adults	1032 (60.0) [57.7; 62.3]	1147 (76.3) [74.1; 78.4]	1468 (83.0) [81.2; 84.7]	1664 (79.2) [77.5; 80.9]	1357 (77.9) [76.0; 79.9]	1351 (79.8) [77.8; 81.7]	1511 (87.8) [86.2; 89.3]	2428 (85.1) [83.8; 86.4]	1622 (84.3) [82.7; 85.9]
Only influences some groups and when one inhales a lot	366 (21.3) [19.3; 23.2]	175 (11.6) [10.0; 13.3]	164 (9.3) [7.9; 10.6]	203 (9.7) [8.4; 10.9]	211 (12.1) [10.6; 13.7]	195 (11.5) [10.0; 13.0]	127 (7.4) [6.1; 8.6]	214 (7.5) [6.5; 8.5]	161 (8.4) [7.1; 9.6]
Only slightly influences	246 (14.3) [12.6; 16.0]	160 (10.6) [9.1; 12.2]	115 (6.5) [5.4; 7.7]	179 (8.5) [7.3; 9.7]	121 (7.0) [5.8; 8.1]	101 (6.0) [4.8; 7.1]	67 (3.9) [3.0; 4.8]	113 (4.0) [3.2; 4.7]	114 (5.9) [4.9; 7.0]
No influence	76 (4.4) [3.4; 5.4]	22 (1.5) [0.9; 2.1]	22 (1.2) [0.7; 1.8]	55 (2.6) [1.9; 3.3]	52 (3.0) [2.2; 3.8]	47 (2.8) [2.0; 3.6]	16 (0.9) [0.5; 1.4]	99 (3.5) [2.8; 4.1]	27 (1.4) [0.9; 1.9]
Light cigarettes:*
Less harmful to health	264 (55.6) [51.1; 60.1]	169 (48.8) [43.6; 54.1]	192 (42.9) [38.3; 47.5]	195 (41.7) [37.2; 46.1]	236 (48.7) [44.2; 53.1]	164 (44.3) [39.2; 49.4]	130 (43.2) [37.6; 48.8]	291 (34.0) [30.8; 37.1]	214 (42.0) [37.7; 46.3]
Not less harmful to health	211 (44.4) [39.9; 48.9]	177 (51.2) [45.9; 56.4]	256 (57.1) [52.5; 61.7]	273 (58.3) [53.9; 62.8]	249 (51.3) [46.9; 55.8]	206 (55.7) [50.6; 60.8]	171 (56.8) [51.2; 62.4]	566 (66.0) [62.9; 69.2]	295 (58.0) [53.7; 62.3]
Mean summary knowledge score**
	3.19 [3.12; 3.26]	2.29 [2.23; 2.35]	3.61 [3.53; 3.70]	2.89 [2.82; 2.96]	3.04 [2.96; 3.12]	2.99 [2.92; 3.06]	3.40 [3.31; 3.49]	3.49 [3.43; 3.55]	3.84 [3.75; 3.92]

^*Only results for current smokers included. Results exclude ‘never heard of lights’, don’t knows and refusals.

^**Mean of aggregated scores for the 7 health questions on smoking as a cause of lung cancer, cardiovascular disease, stroke, bronchitis, caries, impotence, and infertility; producing aggregate score range of 0 (least knowledgeable) to 7 (most knowledgeable).