Jamal Abdul Nasir, Muhammad Imran, Abid Ali Chohan, Syed Arif Ahmed Zaidi.
Impact of sociodemographic factors on cigarette smoking in Pakistani males.
Khyber Med Uni Med J Jan ;7(3):109-14.

OBJECTIVE: To determine the association of socioeconomic factors with cigarette smoking and their relative impact on it in male gender of Pakistan. METHODS: This study was based on Pakistan demographic and health survey data set 2012-13. Bivariate and binary logistic regression analysis has been carried out to evaluate the impact of cigarette smoking in male population of Pakistan. RESULTS: More than two third (71.68%) respondents never smoked cigarette. Chewing tobacco was commonly (18.6%) used by the respondents. High proportion (34.1%) of respondents consumed eighteen and over cigarettes in 24 hours, whereas the 18% of the respondents consumed twelve to seventeen cigarettes. Age, education, place of residence by province, media access and wealth index were found to be significant with respect to cigarette smoking. Inverse association existed between education and smoking .i.e. respondents with no education had smoked 1.604 times more cigarettes as compared to respondents with higher level of education. The respondents reading newspaper and access to radio had less likely to smoke cigarettes [OR=0.931 and OR=0.80] respectively compared to their counterpart having no access to media. Ever married men belonged to Baluchistan province smoked cigarettes 1.576 times more than their counterparts that lived in GB. CONCLUSION: Age, education, place of residence by province, media access particularly newspaper and radio and wealth index were found having statistically significant impact on cigarette smoking in Pakistani male gender. These statistical outcomes will serve as guide in smoking control and management of cigarette smoking.

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