title: [Current smoking status and awareness of tobacco hazard in adults in Beijing, 2014].
abstract: Objective:To understand the status of current smoking and awareness of hazard in adults in Beijing, 2014.Methods:A total of 19 815 subjects were randomly selected with stratified multi-stage cluster sampling from 180 communities of 36 townships of 16 districts in Beijing. Each subject received a standardized questionnaire interview.Results:The current smoking rate of the adults was 26.6% (5 253/19 738), which was higher in men (52.2%) than in women (3.6%) and higher in suburb area (28.9%) than in urban area (25.0%). The adults aged 50-59 had higher rate of current smoking. The daily smoking rate was 23.7% (4 677/19 738). The average age when smoking started was 19.2 years. On average, one smoker consumed 15.2 cigarettes per day. The average score for smoking hazard awareness was 5.8, which was higher in smokers than in non-smokers (5.5vs.6.0) (t=-9.854,P=0.000). In the smokers, 5.7% (298/5 213) intended to give up smoking within one month. Doctors gave advice to stop smoking for 66.0% of current smokers. The current smoking rate of patients with chronic disease was 31.8% (3 703/11 628), and 5.5% (202/3 686) of them intended to stop smoking within one month.Conclusions:The smoking rate was still high in men in Beijing. The age of starting smoking every day decreased among younger people. The levels of awareness of tobacco hazard and passive smoking were still low. The willingness of smoking cessation was low. The rate of doctor giving smoking cessation advice was low.
authors.affiliation: Beijing Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing 100020, China.
authors.forename: A J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Ma
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Dong
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Dong
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Fang
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Xie
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Qi
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Zhou
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Xie
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Zhao
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000068476:Beijing / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012907:Smoking / Q000453:epidemiology*; D016540:Smoking Cessation; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014028:Tobacco Smoke Pollution; D014029:Tobacco Use Disorder; D014026:Nicotiana
chemical_list: D014028:Tobacco Smoke Pollution