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A CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY OF PASSIVE SMOKING AMONG URBAN RESIDENTS.

Guo Xiu

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Objective:To provide some scientific statistics for the government and smoking-control organizations taking some measures by a systematic study of passive smoking state and its effect factors among the urban residents.Methods:A questionnaire survey was carried out with multiphase stratified random sampling among 6500 cases elder than or equal to 18 years old.Results:The general passive smoking rate was 28.68%,23.47% was for male and 31.39% was for female.The main passive smoking place was work place,public place and household,34.15% was at workplace,32.74% was in public and 34.15% was at home;The passive smoking residents have a higher crude prevalence rate than those without passive smoking.Conclusion:Active propaganda of passive smoking must be carried out to improve the consiousness of self-protection.Furthermore,the government should reinforce the smoking restrictions and assure that the residents live in a healthy atmosphere.

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Objective:To provide some scientific statistics for the government and smoking-control organizations taking some measures by a systematic study of passive smoking state and its effect factors among the urban residents.Methods:A questionnaire survey was carried out with multiphase stratified random sampling among 6500 cases elder than or equal to 18 years old.Results:The general passive smoking rate was 28.68%,23.47% was for male and 31.39% was for female.The main passive smoking place was work place,public place and household,34.15% was at workplace,32.74% was in public and 34.15% was at home;The passive smoking residents have a higher crude prevalence rate than those without passive smoking.Conclusion:Active propaganda of passive smoking must be carried out to improve the consiousness of self-protection.Furthermore,the government should reinforce the smoking restrictions and assure that the residents live in a healthy atmosphere.

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Objective:To provide some scientific statistics for the government and smoking-control organizations taking some measures by a systematic study of passive smoking state and its effect factors among the urban residents.Methods:A questionnaire survey was carried out with multiphase stratified random sampling among 6500 cases elder than or equal to 18 years old.Results:The general passive smoking rate was 28.68%,23.47% was for male and 31.39% was for female.The main passive smoking place was work place,public place and household,34.15% was at workplace,32.74% was in public and 34.15% was at home;The passive smoking residents have a higher crude prevalence rate than those without passive smoking.Conclusion:Active propaganda of passive smoking must be carried out to improve the consiousness of self-protection.Furthermore,the government should reinforce the smoking restrictions and assure that the residents live in a healthy atmosphere.

Key concepts: Passive smoking, Stratified sampling, Environmental health, Government (linguistics), Questionnaire, Public place, Cross-sectional study, Medicine

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