Table 3.
Knowledge, attitude, and practice of smoker participants about smoking (Likert scale application)
| Number | Knowledge, attitude, and practice of participants | Frequency (percentage) | P-value | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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| |||||||
| Strongly agree | Agree | Unsure | Disagree | Strongly disagree | Occupation | ||
| 1 | The main influence for smoking: | 75 (49.7) | 44 (29.1) | 11 (7.3) | 13 (8.6) | 8 (5.3) | 0.37 |
| a) Friends | |||||||
| b) Imitating popular figures | 37 (24.7) | 48 (32) | 24 (16) | 31 (20.7) | 10 (6.7) | 0.08 | |
| c) Relatives | 23 (15.5) | 25 (16.9) | 20 (13.5) | 47 (31.8) | 33 (22.3) | 0.010 | |
| 2 | The most influential person who | 20 (13.6) | 40 (27.2) | 38 (25.9) | 36 (24.5) | 13 (8.8) | 0.741 |
| convinced me to quit smoking: | |||||||
| a) Religion man | |||||||
| b) Family | 45 (30) | 45 (30) | 35 (23.3) | 18 (12) | 7 (4.7) | 0.112 | |
| c) Teacher | 21 (14) | 31 (20.7) | 45 (30) | 43 (28.7) | 10 (6.7) | 0.317 | |
| 3 | I accept if one of my family members | 19 (12.9) | 30 (20.4) | 24 (16.3) | 42 (28.6) | 32 (21.8) | 0.881 |
| was a smoker | |||||||
| 4 | Smoker is an outcast person in the | 19 (13) | 34 (23.3) | 39 (26.7) | 26 (17.8) | 28 (19.2) | 0.157 |
| community | |||||||
| 5 | It is difficult for me not to smoke in | 33 (22) | 44 (29.3) | 33 (22) | 21 (14) | 19 (12.7) | 0.794 |
| smoke-free areas such as planes | |||||||
| 6 | I have enough information about the | 53 (35.3) | 66 (44) | 18 (12) | 5 (3.3) | 8 (5.3) | 0.280 |
| risks of smoking | |||||||
| 7 | I avoid reading or listening about risks | 33 (22.1) | 44 (29.5) | 31 (20.8) | 20 (13.4) | 21 (14.1) | 0.011 |
| of smoking | |||||||
| 8 | Smoking increases the risk of: | 64 (44.8) | 65 (45.5) | 11 (7.7) | 1 (0.7) | 2 (1.4) | 0.390 |
| a) Heart diseases | |||||||
| b) Peptic ulcer | 59 (41.5) | 61 (43) | 17 (12) | 3 (2.1) | 2 (1.4) | 0.60 | |
| c) Lung cancer | 62 (43.4) | 60 (42) | 15 (10.5) | 4 (2.8) | 2 (1.4) | 0.45 | |
| d) Bladder cancer | 56 (39.2) | 49 (34.3) | 24 (16.8) | 12 (8.4) | 2 (1.4) | 0.449 | |
| e) Impotence | 66 (46.2) | 46 (32.2) | 13 (9.1) | 10 (7) | 8 (5.6) | 0.311 | |