A national study on the prevalence and factors associated with smoking amongst Malaysians aged 18 years and above

• Main Authors: Gyanchand Rampal, Lekhraj Rampal, Lekhraj Rampal, Sanjay Rampal, Md. Zain, Azhar, Mohd Sidik, Sherina, Mohamad, T., Rahmat, Ramlee, Ahmad, J.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia 2008
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/12735/1/A%20national%20study%20on%20the%20prevalence%20and%20factors%20associated%20with%20smoking%20amongst%20Malaysians%20aged%2018%20years%20and%20above.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/12735/; http://www.medic.upm.edu.my/dokumen/FKUSK1_MJMHS_2008V04N2_OP04.pdf

A cross-sectional study was conducted in Malaysia with the objectives of determining the prevalence of smoking in Malaysia, reasons for starting to smoke, age first started to smoke, duration of smoking and to determine the relationship between smoking and age, sex, race, education level, peer infl...