Table 5 Comparison of smoking-related knowledge and attitude on the utilization of the advertisement entitled “An Invisible Killer in the Office” in Chongqing, China, 2011
Items | Smokers (n = 536) | Non-smokers (n = 729) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Recognized the advertisement | Did not recognize the advertisement | Recognized the advertisement | Did not recognize the advertisement | |
Smoking cigarettes causes the following: | ||||
Lung disease | ||||
Yes (%) | 109 (98.2) | 391 (93.1) | 127 (98.4) | 591 (97.8) |
p-Value | p = 0.041* | p = 0.661 | ||
Oral cancer | ||||
Yes (%) | 67 (60.4) | 233 (55.6) | 86 (67.2) | 362 (60.3) |
p-Value | p = 0.369 | p = 0.148 | ||
Heart disease | ||||
Yes (%) | 46 (41.4) | 167 (39.9) | 67 (52.3) | 294 (48.8) |
p-Value | p = 0.762 | p = 0.461 | ||
Stroke | ||||
Yes (%) | 21 (18.9) | 88 (21.2) | 42 (33.3) | 183 (30.7) |
p- Value | p = 0.606 | p = 0.563 | ||
Impotence | ||||
Yes (%) | 34 (30.9) | 98 (23.6) | 44 (34.6) | 170 (28.5) |
p- Value | p = 0.114 | p = 0.166 | ||
Secondhand smoke causes the following: | ||||
Lung cancer in non-smokers | ||||
Yes (%) | 99 (89.2) | 310 (74.0) | 110 (85.3) | 484 (80.4) |
p-Value | p = 0.001* | p = 0.198 | ||
Lung diseases in children | ||||
Yes (%) | 96 (86.5) | 311 (74.2) | 114 (88.4) | 504 (83.7) |
p Value | p = 0.007* | p = 0.185 | ||
Heart disease | ||||
Yes (%) | 50 (45.0) | 160 (38.2) | 58 (45.7) | 254 (42.3) |
p -Value | p = 0.189 | p = 0.490 | ||
Birth of low-weight babies | ||||
Yes (%) | 80 (72.1) | 270 (64.3) | 101 (78.3) | 434 (72.0) |
p-Value | p = 0.124 | p = 0.142 | ||
Smoking-related attitude | ||||
Cigarette smoking can cause serious harm to one’s health. | ||||
Agree (%) | 92 (82.9) | 354 (84.3) | 118 (91.5) | 539 (89.2) |
p-Value | p = 0.720 | p = 0.450 | ||
I am concerned about my health when someone is smoking near me. | ||||
Agree (%) | 77 (69.4) | 282 (67.3) | 119 (92.2) | 532 (88.2) |
p-Value | p = 0.679 | p = 0.186 | ||
Exposure to smoke from another person’s cigarette causes heart attack. | ||||
Agree (%) | 58 (52.3) | 202 (48.2) | 90 (69.8) | 382 (63.3) |
p-Value | p = 0.449 | p = 0.167 | ||
[Smokers only] The person around me believes that I should not smoke. | ||||
Agree (%) | 80 (74.8) | 296 (71.7) | ||
p-Value | p = 0.524 | |||
[Smokers only] Quitting smoking would improve my health. | ||||
Agree (%) | 84 (79.2) | 325 (78.7) | ||
p-Value | p = 0.901 | |||