title: Cigarette smoking and associated disease.
abstract: I report an undergraduate medical student project in which a questionnaire was used to try to assess the present level of public knowledge about the harmful effects of cigarette smoking on health. Patients attending a health centre were selected for the study, and a total of 410 questionnaires were completed and analysed. Non-smokers appeared to be better informed about hazards than smokers. The general level of awareness was not as high as might be predicted in view of continual propaganda.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001294:Attitude to Health; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012907:Smoking / Q000150:complications* / Q000523:psychology