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Knowledge of Health Effects and Intentions to Quit Among Smokers in India: Findings From the Tobacco Control Policy (TCP) India Pilot Survey

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  • Genevieve C. Sansone

    (Department of Psychology, University of Waterloo, 200 University Avenue West, Waterloo, Ontario N2L3G1, Canada)

  • Lalit J. Raute

    (Healis Sekhsaria Institute for Public Health, 601/B, Great Eastern Chambers, Plot No. 28, Sector 11, CBD Belapur, 400 614, Navi Mumbai, India)

  • Geoffrey T. Fong

    (Department of Psychology, University of Waterloo, 200 University Avenue West, Waterloo, Ontario N2L3G1, Canada
    Ontario Institute for Cancer Research, MaRS Centre, South Tower, 101 College Street, Suite 800, Toronto, Ontario M5G 0A3, Canada)

  • Mangesh S. Pednekar

    (Healis Sekhsaria Institute for Public Health, 601/B, Great Eastern Chambers, Plot No. 28, Sector 11, CBD Belapur, 400 614, Navi Mumbai, India)

  • Anne C. K. Quah

    (Department of Psychology, University of Waterloo, 200 University Avenue West, Waterloo, Ontario N2L3G1, Canada)

  • Maansi Bansal-Travers

    (Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Elm and Carlton Streets, Buffalo, NY 14263, USA)

  • Prakash C. Gupta

    (Healis Sekhsaria Institute for Public Health, 601/B, Great Eastern Chambers, Plot No. 28, Sector 11, CBD Belapur, 400 614, Navi Mumbai, India)

  • Dhirendra N. Sinha

    (School of Preventive Oncology, A/27, Anandpuri, West Boring Canal Road, 800001, Patna, Bihar, India)

Abstract

Awareness of the health risks of smoking is an important factor in predicting smoking-related behaviour; however, little is known about the knowledge of health risks in low-income countries such as India. The present study examined beliefs about the harms of smoking and the impact of health knowledge on intentions to quit among a sample of 249 current smokers in both urban and rural areas in two states (Maharashtra and Bihar) from the 2006 TCP India Pilot Survey, conducted by the ITC Project. The overall awareness among smokers in India of the specific health risks of smoking was very low compared to other ITC countries, and only 10% of respondents reported that they had plans to quit in the next six months. In addition, smokers with higher knowledge were significantly more likely to have plans to quit smoking. For example, 26.2% of respondents who believed that smoking cause CHD and only 5.5% who did not believe that smoking causes CHD had intentions to quit ( χ 2 = 16.348, p

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  • Genevieve C. Sansone & Lalit J. Raute & Geoffrey T. Fong & Mangesh S. Pednekar & Anne C. K. Quah & Maansi Bansal-Travers & Prakash C. Gupta & Dhirendra N. Sinha, 2012. "Knowledge of Health Effects and Intentions to Quit Among Smokers in India: Findings From the Tobacco Control Policy (TCP) India Pilot Survey," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 9(2), pages 1-15, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:9:y:2012:i:2:p:564-578:d:16146
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    1. Marek Milcarz & Kinga Polanska & Leokadia Bak-Romaniszyn & Dorota Kaleta, 2018. "Tobacco Health Risk Awareness among Socially Disadvantaged People—A Crucial Tool for Smoking Cessation," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 15(10), pages 1-12, October.
    2. Pete Driezen & Abu S. Abdullah & Nigar Nargis & A. K. M. Ghulam Hussain & Geoffrey T. Fong & Mary E. Thompson & Anne C. K. Quah & Steve Xu, 2016. "Awareness of Tobacco-Related Health Harms among Vulnerable Populations in Bangladesh: Findings from the International Tobacco Control (ITC) Bangladesh Survey," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 13(9), pages 1-15, August.

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