Year: 2015
Type: article
Abstract: OBJECTIVE: To determine the association of socioeconomic factorswith cigarette smoking and their relative impact on it in male genderof Pakistan.METHODS: This study was based on Pakistan demographic and healthsurvey data set 2012-13. Bivariate and binary logistic regression analysishas been carried out to evaluate the impact of cigarette smoking inmale population of Pakistan.RESULTS: More than two third (71.68%) respondents never smokedcigarette. Chewing tobacco was commonly (18.6%) used by the respondents.High proportion (34.1%) of respondents consumed eighteen and over cigarettes in 24 hours, whereas the 18% of the respondents consumed twelve to seventeen cigarettes. Age, education, place of residence by province, media access and wealth index were found to be significant with respect to cigarette smoking. Inverse association existed between education and smoking .i.e. respondents with no education had smoked 1.604 times more cigarettes as compared to respondents with higher level of education. The respondents reading newspaper and access to radio had less likely to smoke cigarettes [OR=0.931 and OR=0.80] respectively compared to their counterpart having no access to media. Ever married men belonged to Baluchistan province smoked cigarettes 1.576 times more than their counterparts that lived in GB.CONCLUSION: Age, education, place of residence by province, mediaaccess particularly newspaper and radio and wealth index were foundhaving statistically significant impact on cigarette smoking in Pakistanimale gender. These statistical outcomes will serve as guide in smokingcontrol and management of cigarette smoking.KEY WORDS: Cigarette Smoking (MeSH); Tobacco Smoking (MeSH);Male (MeSH); Pakistan (MeSH); Age Groups (MeSH); Education (MeSH).
Institution: Islamia University of Bahawalpur
Language: English
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W2338010349