A community-based study on the prevalence and factors affecting smoking in Terengganu state, Malaysia, 2004

• Main Authors: Gyanchand Rampal, Lekhraj Rampal, Lekhraj Rampal, Sanjay Rampal, Md. Zain, Azhar, M. H., Kamil
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia 2006
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/41184/1/A%20community-based%20study%20on%20the%20prevalence%20and%20factors%20affecting%20smoking%20in%20Terengganu%20state%2C%20Malaysia%2C%202004.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/41184/; http://www.medic.upm.edu.my/dokumen/FKUSK1_MJMHS_2006V02N2_OP02.pdf

Introduction: It is estimated that 4.9 million people worldwide died in 2000 as a result of their addiction to nicotine, about half of them prematurely. This huge death toll is rising rapidly, especially in low and middle income countries where most of the world’s 1.2 billion tobacco users live. Obj...