Thursday, February 4, 2010

66.3% of smokers did not intend to quit smoking

February 4th, Shenyang City, the health education public announcement, "opposed to the smoke gifts" outdoor intercept survey: 66.3% of the smokers did not intend to quit smoking.

It is reported that the survey related to the five district of Shenyang City Plaza, universities, railway stations, shopping malls, department stores, railway stations, hospitals, cultural centers, and 12-point bit, qualified male and female respondents to the questionnaire in the ratio of 1.4:1. Survey point and the geographical distribution of respondents of the sex ratio, age structure and other characteristics and the natural situation of Shenyang are basically consistent, and representative.

The results showed: there were 243 daily smokers, accounting for 46.0%, the average daily smoking 17; not smoke every day, there were 21 people, accounting for 4.0%, average weekly smoking 14; one is also There are 264 non-smoking, accounting for 50%. As a gift has never asked myself, there were 278 people, accounting for 52.7%. Once I asked myself as a gift for someone else there are 250 people, accounting for 47.3% of all respondents.

Survey shows that 66.3% of the smokers still do not intend to quit smoking. The survey also found that about nearly half of people have asked myself as a gift for someone else in the future may be I asked myself as a gift for someone else's also accounted for more than half. As can be seen, half of the people did not "to smoke gifts" as a bad behavior, but also not aware of "to smoke gifts" harmful.

From the people's understanding of illness caused by smoking, the majority of people know that smoking can cause lung disease, more than half of people know that smoking can cause mouth and heart disease, and most people do not know that smoking is also can lead to stroke and impotence diseases.