Common factors blamed for high prevalence of smoking among rural adult population in Malaysia

• Main Authors: Juni, Muhamad Hanafiah, Muhamad Saliluddin, Suhainizam, Mohd Shuhaimi, Fatin Adlena, Roslan, Nur Atiqah, Karuthan, M.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: BEST Journals 2014
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/36818/1/Common%20factors%20blamed%20for%20high%20prevalence%20of%20smoking%20among%20rural%20adult%20population%20in%20Malaysia.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/36818/; http://www.bestjournals.in/view_archives.php?year=2014_73_2&id=73&jtype=2&page=2

Background: The tobacco smoking epidemic has become an immense public health threat especially in developing countries. Tobacco smoking is risk factor toward many non-communicable diseases such as cardio-vascular diseases, cancer, respiratory diseases, peptic ulcers and other smoking-related conditi...