Tobacco use prevalence, knowledge, and attitudes among newly diagnosed tuberculosis patients in Penang State and Wilayah Persekutuan Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

• Main Authors: Awaisu, Ahmed, Nik Mohamed, Mohamad Haniki, Abd Aziz, Noorizan, Syed Sulaiman, Syed Azhar, Mohamad Noordin, Noorliza, Muttalif, Abdul Razak, Ahmad Mahayiddin, Aziah
• Format: Article
• Language: English; English
• Published: BioMed Central 2010
• Subjects: RA Public aspects of medicine; RA0421 Public health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine; RS Pharmacy and materia medica
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/8303/1/Haniki_tobacco_1617-9625-8-3.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/8303/4/5._KA_of_new_TB_pts_on_tobacco.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/8303/; http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1617-9625-8-3

Background There is sufficient evidence to conclude that tobacco smoking is strongly linked to tuberculosis (TB) and a large proportion of TB patients may be active smokers. In addition, a previous analysis has suggested that a considerable proportion of the global burden of TB may be attributable...