[Investigation for smoking cessation support on Internet. Internet survey of health and smoking awareness of users].
OBJECTIVE
This paper is intended as investigation of level of awareness of "health and smoking" of Internet users as a foundation to guide no smoking efforts on the Internet.


METHODS
A questionnaire was posted on a homepage only from September 1 to 30, 1999 only.


RESULTS
There were 1687 valid responses. Respondents using a cellular phone with the Internet totaled 148. In reference to smoking, 47% of women and 54% of men replied when encountering "smoking by a stranger" that they were "a little troubled." As for "knowledge of medical treatment to stop smoking," over 70% of the respondents replied that they "only know it by name." In regards to responsibility of "who is wrong," respondents that answered "the country that is not regulated" were broken down into about 16% smokers and over 30% non-smokers. Personal computer users that are smokers accounted for 295 people, or 37.5%, and of the total respondents using a cellular phone with the Internet, 49 or 60.5% are smokers. Clearly these results are significant.
Yuasa
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Division of Epidemiology, Aichi Cancer Center Research Institute.
Hamajima
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Matsuo
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001294:Attitude to Health; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D020407:Internet; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D016540:Smoking Cessation / Q000523:psychology*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires