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

Table 14

Contribution of nicotine to diseases: differences between smoking cessation trained and non-trained practitioners.

Disease	Yes ()	No ()
	(%)	(%)
Nicotine causes cancer
Strongly agree	41 (73.2)	202 (69.4)	0.30
Somewhat agree	14 (25)	48 (16.5)
Somewhat disagree	0 (0)	5 (1.7)
Strongly disagree	1 (1.8)	33 (11.3)
Do not know	0 (0)	3 (1)
Nicotine causes cardiovascular
Strongly agree	46 (82.1)	231 (79.4)	0.59
Somewhat agree	7 (12.5)	37 (12.7)
Somewhat disagree	1 (1.8)	4 (1.4)
Strongly disagree	2 (3.6)	14 (4.8)
Do not know	0 (0)	5 (1.7)
Nicotine causes birth defects
Strongly agree	36 (64.3)	178 (61.2)	0.48
Somewhat agree	14 (25)	61 (21)
Somewhat disagree	1 (1.8)	13 (4.5)
Strongly disagree	3 (5.4)	25 (8.6)
Do not know	2 (3.6)	14 (4.8)
Nicotine causes COPD
Strongly agree	50 (89.3)	233 (80.1)	0.10
Somewhat agree	3 (5.4)	29 (10)
Somewhat disagree	1 (1.8)	5 (1.7)
Strongly disagree	2 (3.6)	21 (7.2)
Do not know	0 (0)	3 (1)

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