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17333754

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
2007-3-5
pubmed:abstractText
This cross-sectional study was undertaken to determine the prevalence of tobacco smoking and to obtain information on socio-demographic factors associated with tobacco smoking among adult males in a rural district of Sindh Province, Pakistan. We used a one-stage cluster sampling frame to identify 411 adult males from the study site. We found a high prevalence, 55% of current smokers among this rural population. The median age of initiation of smoking was 20 years. Awareness of the adverse effects of smoking on lung and heart diseases was 86% and 77%, respectively. Smoking prevalence increased with age and income, and was highest among subjects aged 44 years and above (76%) and with incomes of more than PKR 4000 (72%). The high prevalence of smoking suggests that there is an urgent need for developing intervention plans to address this major public health problem in this region.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Sep
pubmed:issn
0125-1562
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
37
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1054-60
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2006
pubmed:articleTitle
Prevalence and socio-demographic factors associated with tobacco smoking among adult males in rural Sindh, Pakistan.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Community Health Sciences, Aga Khan University, Pakistan. sajidali@uab.edu
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article