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

Table 8

Differences in score for smoking products and components between smoking cessation trained and nontrained health professionals.

Product ()	Trained ()	Not-trained ()
	Median and Range	Median and Range	value
Tobacco cigarettes	10 (1-10)	9 (1-10)	0.35
Electronic cigarettes	8 (5-10)	7 (2-10)	0.25
Snus	8 (1-10)	7 (1-10)	0.02
NRT	5 (1-10)	4 (1-10)	0.02
Non-NRT oral medications	4 (1-10)	4 (1-10)	0.22
Component()
Nicotine	8 (1-10)	8 (1-10)	0.07
Inhaled smoke	9 (3-10)	9 (1-10)	0.26
Carbon monoxide	9 (1-10)	10 (1-10)	0.32
Tobacco	9 (1-10)	9 (1-10)	0.22
Tar	10 (1-10)	9 (1-10)	0.14

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