Table 1.
Knowledge of school teachers about the effects of smoking on health.
| Symptoms/Signs | No. of Responses | Responses (n, %) | Non-responders | ||
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| Correct responses | Incorrect responses | Don’t know | |||
| Lung cancer | 1062 | 1015 (95.6) | 20 (1.9%) | 27 (2.5%) | 78 (6.8%) |
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| Angina | 998 | 858 (86%) | 46 (4.6%) | 94 (9.4%) | 142 (12.5%) |
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| Atherosclerosis | 1005 | 830 (82.6%) | 67 (6.7%) | 108 (10.7%) | 135 (11.8%) |
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| Bronchitis in smokers’ children | 984 | 751 (76.3%) | 68 (6.9%) | 165 (16.8%) | 156 (13.7%) |
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| Peptic ulcer | 975 | 642 (65.9%) | 186 (19.1%) | 146 (15%) | 165 (14.5%) |
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| Stroke | 928 | 450 (48.5%) | 203 (21.9%) | 275 (29.6%) | 212 (18.6%) |
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| Lung cancer in smokers’ spouse | 914 | 417 (45.7%) | 234 (25.7%) | 262 (28.6%) | 226 (19.8%) |
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| Cause no illness | 847 | 683 (80.6%) | 80 (9.5%) | 87 (9.9%) | 293 (25.7%) |