Public Health Practitioners’ Knowledge towards Nicotine and Other Cigarette Components on Various Human Diseases in Pakistan: A Contribution to Smoking Cessation Policies

Table 10

Differences in score for smoking products and components between settings of practices.

Product ()	Public hospital ()	Private hospital ()	Other facilities; ()
	Median and range	Median and range	Median and range	value
Tobacco cigarettes	9 (1-10)	10 (3-10)	8.5 (6-10)	0.34
Electronic cigarettes	7 (2-10)	10 (5-10)	6 (6-6)	0.12
Snus	7 (1-10)	9 (2-10)	6 (4-10)	0.01
NRT	4 (1-10)	5 (1-10)	5 (1-10)	0.20
Non-NRT oral medications	4 (1-10)	4 (1-10)	5 (3-7)	0.37
Component()
Nicotine	8 (1-10)	9 (3-10)	8 (1-10)	0.41
Inhaled smoke	9 (1-10)	9 (3-10)	8 (5-10)	0.16
Carbon monoxide	10 (1-10)	8 (1-10)	9.5 (5-10)	0.01
Tobacco	10 (1-10)	8 (1-10)	9 (4-10)	0.05
Tar	9 (1-10)	9 (3-10)	8 (4-10)	0.26

at 1% of value, at 5% of value, at 10% of value.