Comparison and determination of factors associated with smoking status, smoking knowledge, attitude and practice (S-KAP) between smoke-free and non-smoke-free campuses in public universities in Malaysia: a cross-sectional study

Autor: Noraryana Hassan, Shazwani Mohmad, Aniza Ismail, Hayati KS, Arfah Mahani Imran, Nur Faezah Hamzah, Wan Azrin Izani Wan Mohd Zain
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2022
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Zdroj: BMJ Open, Vol 12, Iss 3 (2022)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2044-6055
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2021-052275
Popis: Objectives We compared the smoking prevalence, smoking knowledge, attitudes and practices (S-KAP) between smoke-free campuses (SFCs) and non-SFCs (NSFCs) and determined the associated factors of smoking status and S-KAP.Design Cross-sectional study.Settings The research was conducted in four public universities in Malaysia; two SFCs and two NSFCs.Participants Students and staff from SFCs (n=1063) and NSFCs (n=1040).Main outcome measures Compared the smoking prevalence, S-KAP between SFCs and NSFCs and determined the associated factors.Results The prevalence of smokers among the SFC and NSFC respondents was 5.2% and 6.7%, respectively. University type and smoking attitude were significantly related (p=0.02). At the SFCs, the factors associated with becoming a smoker were male gender (p
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