The Different of Characteristics, Knowledge about cigarette, and Smoke Contacted Behaviour among people at one District in Nakhon Si Thammarat Province
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Knowledge, Smoke Contacted BehaviourAbstract
This descriptive study aimed to explore the knowledge level about cigarette and smoke contacted behaviour and to comparing knowledge of cigarette and smoke contacted behaviour among persons with different characteristics. The 416 participants were people ages 18 to 79 years old which is frequently smoking group. Data were collected by questionnaires, including personals’ data, knowledge about cigarettes, and smoke contacted behaviour. Analysing data used descriptive statistics for personal data and t-test and one-way ANOVA for the difference among groups.
The findings revealed that most participants (53%) have overall knowledge about cigarettes at mediums levels. However, they have a high level (45.4%) of cigarette law knowledge, while general knowledge of cigarettes was medium level (47.6%). Regarding smoke contacted behaviour, the participants were not hugged or kissed the smokers (M=3.24, SD=0.82), and no smokers in their workplace (M=2.76, SD=0.91). Moreover, if they have business in the smoke area, they will try to finish that as soon as possible for avoiding smoke contacted (M=2.79, SD=0.89). The difference in their smoke contacted behaviour is due to sex, marital status, and knowledge about cigarettes (p<0.05). Therefore, the government should have a policy about public smoking control, such as a smoking rule in the general area. Furthermore, they should advertise about diseases due to smoke contacted behaviour more and continually.
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