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Characteristics Of Smokers And Their Knowledge About Smoking At A Teaching Hospital In Karachi, Waris Qidwai, N Zahid
Characteristics Of Smokers And Their Knowledge About Smoking At A Teaching Hospital In Karachi, Waris Qidwai, N Zahid
Department of Family Medicine
Objective: To study the characteristics of smokers and their knowledge about smoking, among Family Practice Patients, at a teaching hospital in Karachi, Pakistan. Main outcome measures: Age at starting smoking, duration and number of cigarettes smoked, started smoking under influence of friends, colleagues, family members or self motivation, number of friends and colleagues who smoked, whether smoking is unhealthy, and actual chance of harm to an individual due to smoking is very rare or not.
Results: One hundred patients who visited Family Practice Center were interviewed. Sixty one percent were young married men, well educated and either student, …