Prevalence Study on Tobacco Smoking and Related Factors of Among Residents of a Suburb Kuala Terengganu, Malaysia

Having knowledge does not appear to be related to smoking behaviours. [...]the study recommends health care providers, and authorities should program their preventive measures that focus on attitudinal change among smokers which promote anti-smoking activities and curb this social malaise KEYWORDS: For smokers, via inhaling mainstream (MS) smoke, for non-smokers inhale mostly side stream (SS) smoke, which is produced into the surrounding air between puffs from the end of the smouldering cigarette. [...]side stream smoke is a major source of environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) [32]. [...]smoking status was determined via self-response of tobacco smoke by using simple written question without objective biochemical verification. [...]the representativeness and adequacy of sample size, as well as the high response rate cannot be generalized to other states.