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Impact of tobacco health warnings on smokers in Pakistan
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نویسنده
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ahsan m. ,saad m. ,jawed m. ,akhtar s. ,haseeb a. ,bilal m. ,ahmed a.
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منبع
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journal of the pakistan medical association - 2016 - دوره : 66 - شماره : 1 - صفحه:59 -62
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چکیده
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Objective: to see the impact of health warnings cigarette packets on the smoking habits of smokers. methods: the cross-sectional study was conducted in karachi from july to october 2014,and comprised adult male cigarettes smokers. a self-administered questionnaire was presented to the participants who were selected through non-probability convenience sampling irrespective of their educational background. datawas analyzed using spss 17. results: out of the 1500 subjects,1330(88.7%) noticed warning on cigarette packets; 730(54.8%) considered the picture to have significant impact; 630(47.3%) tried to decrease smoking; and 430(32.4%) actually attempted to quit. of the 430 who tried to quit,300(69.7%) considered the picture as having had an impact. conclusion: the current health warnings on cigarette packets sold in pakistan do not carry a significant deterrent impact. © 2016,pakistan medical association. all rights reserved.
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کلیدواژه
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Cigarette packet; Health warnings; Tobacco
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آدرس
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salford royal nhs foundation trust, United Kingdom, jinnah postgraduate medical institute,karachi, Pakistan, jinnah postgraduate medical institute,karachi, Pakistan, department of medicine,ziauddin university hospital,karachi, Pakistan, dow university of health sciences,karachi, Pakistan, dow university of health sciences,karachi, Pakistan, dr. ziauddin hospital,karachi, Pakistan
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