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

Table 2

Respondent characteristics.

Respondent characteristics		(%)
Gender	Male	240 (69.0)
	Female	107 (31.0)
Setting of practice	Public hospitals	265 (76.0)
	Private hospitals	56 (16.0)
	Personal clinic	26 (7.0)
Specific training in smoking cessation	Yes	56 (16.0)
	No	291 (84.0)
Doctor’s specialty	Specialist	99 (28.5)
	Family medicine	78 (22.5)
	General practitioner	170 (49.0)
Are you familiar with these products
Tobacco cigarettes	Yes	343 (98.9)
Snus	Yes	26 (7.5)
Electronic cigarettes	Yes	276 (79.5)
NRT	Yes	253 (72.9)
Non-NRT	Yes	181 (52.2)