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

Table 15

Contribution of nicotine to diseases: differences between settings of practitioners.

Disease	Public hospital ()	Private hospital ()	Other facilities ()
	(%)	(%)	(%)
Nicotine causes cancer
Strongly agree	189 (71.3)	37 (66.1)	17 (65.4)	0.43
Somewhat agree	49 (18.5)	9 (16.1)	4 (15.4)
Somewhat disagree	4 (1.5)	0 (0)	1 (3.8)
Strongly disagree	23 (8.7)	7 (12.5)	4 (15.4)
Do not know	0 (0)	3 (5.4)	0 (0)
Nicotine causes cardiovascular
Strongly agree	217 (81.9)	40 (71.4)	20 (76.9)	0.15
Somewhat agree	32 (12.1)	9 (16.1)	3 (11.5)
Somewhat disagree	3 (1.1)	1 (1.8)	1 (3.8)
Strongly disagree	12 (4.5)	2 (3.6)	2 (7.7)
Do not know	1 (0.4)	4 (7.1)	0 (0)
Nicotine causes birth defects
Strongly agree	168 (63.4)	32 (57.1)	14 (53.8)	0.70
Somewhat agree	52 (19.6)	15 (26.8)	8 (30.8)
Somewhat disagree	8 (3)	4 (7.1)	2 (7.7)
Strongly disagree	25 (9.4)	2 (3.6)	1 (3.8)
Do not know	12 (4.5)	3 (5.4)	1 (3.8)
Nicotine causes COPD
Strongly agree	224 (84.5)	37 (66.1)	22 (84.6)	0.01
Somewhat agree	19 (7.2)	11 (19.6)	2 (7.7)
Somewhat disagree	5 (1.9)	0 (0)	1 (3.8)
Strongly disagree	17 (6.4)	5 (8.9)	1 (3.8)
Do not know	0 (0)	3 (5.4)	0 (0)

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