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- The study wanted to see how smokers felt about new tobacco laws and how these laws changed their smoking habits.
- Researchers asked 1509 smokers and ex-smokers questions to gather data and used a computer program to analyze the results.
- Most smokers knew secondhand smoke was bad, many supported the law, and some quit or cut down on smoking because of it, mostly due to health reasons and smoking restrictions.
Article Abstract
Introduction: The aim of our study is; to assess the approach of smokers to tobacco law, examine changes in their smoking related behaviors after the new law and determine the factors associated with these changes.
Materials And Methods: Data collected by questionnaire including 30 question. We applied the questionnaire to 1509 current smokers, and ex-smokers who quitted smoking after the law. SPSS packet programme was used for analyses.
Results: Participants consisted of 419 (28.0%) female, 1090 (72.0%) male with an average age of 33.6 ± 10.5 years. Although 80% of them knew that passive smoking is harmful to non-smokers, rate of smoking at home and in the car were very high. 869 (58.0%) of participants supported the law. 87 (5.8%) smokers quitted smoking after the law, 316 (20.9%) reduced. While health problems (37.3%) were the most frequent reason for quitting, restriction of smoking area had the most effect to reduce (54.2%).
Conclusion: We satisfied that; the new tobacco law encouraged smokers to quit smoking. In addition, the majority of smokers supported the law.
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