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

Table 12

Contribution of nicotine to diseases: differences between smoker and nonsmoker practitioners.

Disease	Smokers (current and former) ()	Never smokers ()
	(%)	(%)
Nicotine causes cancer
Strongly agree	33 (58.9)	210 (72.2)	0.01
Somewhat agree	10 (17.9)	52 (17.9)
Somewhat disagree	1 (1.8)	4 (1.4)
Strongly disagree	12 (21.4)	22 (7.6)
Do not know	0 (0)	3 (1.0)
Nicotine causes cardiovascular
Strongly agree	41 (73.2)	236 (81.1)	0.13
Somewhat agree	7 (12.5)	37 (12.7)
Somewhat disagree	1 (1.78)	4 (1.4)
Strongly disagree	6 (10.7)	10 (3.4)
Do not know	1 (1.8)	4 (1.4)
Nicotine causes birth defects
Strongly agree	30 (53.6)	184 (63.2)	0.14
Somewhat agree	14 (25.0)	61 (21.0)
Somewhat disagree	1 (1.8)	13 (4.5)
Strongly disagree	8 (14.3)	20 (6.9)
Do not know	3 (5.4)	13 (4.5)
Nicotine causes COPD
Strongly agree	40 (71.4)	243 (83.5)	0.01
Somewhat agree	5 (8.9)	27 (9.3)
Somewhat disagree	2 (3.6)	4 (1.4)
Strongly disagree	9 (16.1)	14 (4.8)
Do not know	0 (0)	3 (1.0)

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