Smoking, health knowledge, and anti-smoking campaigns: An empirical study in Taiwan

Hsieh, Chee-Ruey; Yen, Lee-Lan; Liu, Jin‐Tan; Lin, Chyongchiou J.

doi:10.1016/0167-6296(95)00033-x

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“…This bycountry specificity also makes it more likely that the effects found in Malaysia actually relate to the antismoking campaign conducted there and are not some arti fact. Consistent with other studies (Ackoff & Ernshoff, 1975;Hsieh et al, 1996;Rao & Miller, 1975;Simon & Arndt, 1980;Wakefield et al, 2003), antismoking campaigns such as the Tak Nak campaign in Malaysia can complement other efforts in increasing adolescents' knowledge of the health risk of smok ing, which in turn can increase their perceived risk of smoking. Given their reach, such campaigns can be costeffective vehicles in the long term because they reach so many, thus the appar ently high upfront cost would actually be low based on per per son influenced (Hurley & Matthews, 2008;Ratcliffe, Cairns, & Platt, 1997;Stevens, Thorogood, & Kayikki, 2002).…”

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confidence: 73%

“…Past research conducted mainly in Western developed countries suggests that the implementation of antismoking campaigns and advertisements may prevent smoking uptake among adolescents (Wakefield et al, 2003). Specifically, previous studies have found that antismoking campaigns can have a significantly positive effect on the public's health knowledge, which in turn can reduce smok ing uptake (Hsieh et al, 1996).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…However, over 50 million continue to smoke, including over 3 million teens (AlBedah, Qureshi, AlGuhaimani, & Basahi, 2010). that this number will increase significantly over the coming decades as the tobacco industry increasingly shifts its markets to this region with the shrinking markets in the developed Western countries (Flay, 2009;Hsieh, Yen, Liu, & Jeng, 1996;Wakefield, Flay, Nichter, & Giovino, 2003). The health burden from smoking is also expected to shift to low and middleincome countries (Mackay & Erikson, 2002).…”

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confidence: 99%

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Effectiveness of Antismoking Media Messages and Education Among Adolescents in Malaysia and Thailand: Findings From the International Tobacco Control Southeast Asia Project

Zawahir¹,

Omar²,

Awang³

et al. 2012

Nicotine & Tobacco Research

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Introduction: Finding ways to discourage adolescents from taking up smoking is important because those who begin smok ing at an earlier age are more likely to become addicted and have greater difficulty in quitting. This article examined whether anti smoking messages and education could help to reduce smoking susceptibility among adolescents in two Southeast Asian coun tries and to explore the possible moderating effect of country and gender.

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confidence: 99%

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Effectiveness of Antismoking Media Messages and Education Among Adolescents in Malaysia and Thailand: Findings From the International Tobacco Control Southeast Asia Project

Zawahir¹,

Omar²,

Awang³

et al. 2012

Nicotine & Tobacco Research

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“…We adopt a simple specification that combines a static health production framework [2,8,9] with the demand for health knowledge [3,5]. We assume that individuals maximize their utility from the consumption of goods and services, subject to a budget constraint and a health production function.…”

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Health knowledge and smoking among South African women

Jones

Kirigia

1999

Health Econ.

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While several studies of developed countries have attempted to understand individual smoking using economic models, no such studies have been conducted in South Africa. The purpose of this paper is to identify which factors influence individual South African women's choice to smoke cigarettes and their knowledge of the health risks of smoking. To allow for the implied correlation between the unobservable components of the reduced form equations for these health inputs the model is estimated as a bivariate probit. In order to identify those women who are most at risk of becoming smokers and those who are most likely to benefit from health education, the results show how the probability of being an uninformed non-smoker or an uninformed smoker vary across different socio-economic groups.

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“…The impact of smoking is not limited on the smokers, but it can spread to affect the non-smokers as well. Second hand smoking has an impact on both outcomes represented in low birth weight According to Hsieh (1996) various studies shows that there is strong link between smoking behavior and knowledge regarding smoking effects. Knowledge towards smoking play a vital and significant role to start smoking or cease smoking.…”

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Knowledge and Attitude towards Smoking among University Students in Lahore

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Background: Smoking is the major health problem all over the world and now it's become trend in university students to have smoking behavior because they believed that due to smoking they will be more acceptable in friends group. The most prevalence of smoking among university students is due to the attitude of students that it could enhance their personal attributes and make a positive change in their personality. The most provoking factor in the students to start smoking was the lack of knowledge regarding the harmful effect of smoking and also the students believed that smoking can reduce stress. Objective: To assess knowledge and attitude of university students towards smoking. Methodology: A cross sectional descriptive study design was used to assess the knowledge and attitude of university students towards smoking. Sample size of 222 students were taken from three departments of The University of Lahore, in which 80 students were from Nursing, 82 from Biotechnology(IMBB) and 60 physiotherapy students were included in this study. Results: Out of 222 students 32% were current smokers while 68% were nonsmokers, 70% students believed that Nicotine in Cigarette is not addictive to human, 83% of the respondents believed that smoking is a disgusting behavior and 85% of the respondents believed that smoking should be banned in Universities significant amount of students. Conclusion: there is strong link between the students' attitude and smoking behavior and it is important for parents and teachers to supervise their student's behavior.

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Smoking, health knowledge, and anti-smoking campaigns: An empirical study in Taiwan

Cited by 60 publications

References 19 publications

Effectiveness of Antismoking Media Messages and Education Among Adolescents in Malaysia and Thailand: Findings From the International Tobacco Control Southeast Asia Project

Effectiveness of Antismoking Media Messages and Education Among Adolescents in Malaysia and Thailand: Findings From the International Tobacco Control Southeast Asia Project

Health knowledge and smoking among South African women

Knowledge and Attitude towards Smoking among University Students in Lahore

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