Response towards Anti-Smoking Legislation Implementation among Smokers and Non Smokers in North India
Journal Title: Scholars Journal of Applied Medical Sciences - Year 2017, Vol 5, Issue 6
Abstract
Abstract: The study was aimed to evaluate the attitudes of smokers and non-smokers towards anti-smoking legislation.The present cross-sectional study was conducted among 400 subjects (160- smokers and 240- nonsmokers). A pretested proforma recorded demographic details and questions were on awareness and impact of anti-smoking act. The data was analyzed by using SPSS version 16 software. Chi-square test was applied to assess the statistical significance differences in the frequencies at p < 0.05.Overall, 63.4% were aware about the anti-smoking regulation and around half of them (53.2%) said that this law will help in providing a better environment. More than half of the respondents (63.8%) were in favor of this regulation and 67.5% desired to have a smoke free area. Most of the participants (80.7%) experienced that government has not fulfilled its responsibility just by implementing the legislation. So, 65.1% mentioned that more advertisement is required regarding this act. Overall non-smokers gave better response for anti-smoking legislation.Most of the participant’s especially non-smokers showed great impact of anti-smoking legislation. Still they want that government authorities should improve the implementation policy by more advertisement among the public. Keywords:Anti-smoking legislation; Smoking status; Smokers; Non smokers.
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Jasveen Kaur, HarinderPal Singh
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