Noticed health warning labels on cigarette packages and thought about quitting

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8.2. Noticed health warning labels on cigarette packages and thought about quitting

Table 8.2 shows that 72.2 of current smokers noticed health warnings on cigarette packages. A higher percentage of men noticed these compared to women 73.3 and 45.4, respectively. More smokers in the younger age groups 84.3 in the 15 –24 years and 79.3 in the 25–44 years age group noticed health warnings as compared to those in the older age groups 45 –64 years and 65+ years. By residence, an almost equal proportion of current tobacco smokers in urban and rural areas noticed warnings on cigarette packages 73.1 for urban and 71.5 for rural. More than 70 of current smokers who had at least primary school education noticed warnings on cigarette packages. However, only 46.7 of current smokers who had less than primary education noticed such warnings. By occupation, home-makers noticed health warnings on cigarette packages least 49.5. Among current smokers including daily and occasional smokers, 27.1 thought about quitting smoking because of the health warnings. Approximately this same percentage of current smokers across all age groups thought about quitting smoking because of the health warnings, except current smokers aged 65+ years among whom only 7.8 thought about it. Thinking about quitting smoking due to such warnings was the same for urban and rural areas 27.9 for urban and 26.3 for rural areas. Smokers in the lowest educational group less than primary thought less about quitting as compared to the other educational groups. 75 M ed ia Overall 72.2 67.4, 76.6 27.1 23.5, 30.9 29.8 24.5, 35.7 67.5 61.4, 73.0 2.7 1.6, 4.7 Ma l e 73.3 68.3, 77.7 27.5 23.8, 31.5 29.7 24.4, 35.7 67.7 61.6, 73.3 2.5 1.4, 4.5 Fe ma l e 45.4 32.7, 58.7 17.0 10.0, 27.2 -- -- -- 15-24 84.3 78.1, 88.9 28.8 22.9, 35.4 28.6 17.3, 43.5 70.4 55.9, 81.8 1.0 0.1, 6.5 25-44 79.3 73.4, 84.1 30.8 26.3, 35.7 27.2 22.1, 33.1 70.2 64.0, 75.6 2.6 1.2, 5.6 45-64 59.9 54.0, 65.5 23.7 19.7, 28.2 34.1 26.9, 42.0 61.6 53.3, 69.2 4.4 2.0, 9.1 65+ 35.6 27.2, 44.9 7.8 4.7, 12.6 -- -- -- Urba n 73.1 65.4, 79.5 27.9 22.9, 33.5 34.7 27.9, 42.2 61.4 53.4, 68.8 3.9 1.9, 7.6 Rura l 71.5 65.0, 77.1 26.3 21.5, 31.8 25.4 17.7, 35.0 73.0 63.4, 80.8 1.7 0.7, 4.1 Le s s tha n pri ma ry s chool compl e ted 46.7 40.1, 53.5 13.7 10.8, 17.3 29.7 21.3, 39.6 66.1 56.5, 74.5 4.2 1.6, 10.7 Pri ma ry s chool compl e ted 74.1 67.8, 79.5 27.3 22.5, 32.7 29.2 22.0, 37.7 66.7 58.4, 74.1 4.0 2.0, 8.0 Se conda ry s chool compl e ted 81.2 75.5, 85.9 30.7 25.4, 36.6 27.8 20.3, 36.8 71.4 62.1, 79.1 0.8 0.2, 3.9 Hi gh s chool compl e ted 85.4 78.4, 90.4 36.2 29.3, 43.6 32.6 23.2, 43.7 65.6 54.3, 75.4 1.8 0.5, 5.8 Col l e ge or Uni ve rs i ty + 88.7 80.2, 93.8 34.5 26.0, 44.1 26.4 16.0, 40.2 69.0 52.9, 81.6 4.6 1.1, 17.6 Empl oye d 76.0 68.5, 82.1 29.1 24.6, 34.0 26.2 20.3, 33.1 71.6 64.8, 77.6 2.2 1.1, 4.4 Se l f-e mpl oye d 70.1 64.2, 75.4 26.0 21.5, 31.0 31.5 24.1, 39.8 66.2 57.9, 73.7 2.3 1.1, 4.9 Stude nts 83.7 71.3, 91.3 31.0 19.4, 45.8 -- -- -- Home ma ke rs 49.5 31.4, 67.7 19.0 9.1, 35.3 -- -- -- Un-e mpl oye d 66.9 57.8, 74.9 23.4 16.3, 32.5 33.0 17.3, 53.8 57.7 38.3, 75.0 9.3 2.7, 27.7 Table 8.2: Per e tage of urre t s okers ≥1 years old ho oti ed health ar i gs o igarette pa kages a d o sidered uitti g e ause of the ar i g la els duri g the last days, y sele ted de ographi hara teristi s – GAT“ I do esia, 11. Warning labels led to think about quitting 3 A lot Thought about quitting because of warning label 2 Noticed health warnings on cigarette package 2 Dont Know A little -- Indi ca tor e s ti ma te ba s e d on l e s s tha n 25 un-we i ghted ca s e s a nd ha s be e n s uppre s s e d. 3 Incl ude s re s pnde nts who thought a bout qutti ng be ca s e of wa rni ng l a be l 2 Duri ng the l a s t 30 da ys . 1 Incl ude s da i l y a nd occa s i ona l l e s s tha n da i l y s moke rs . Current smokers 1 ho… Percentage95 CI Demographic Characteristics OccupationWork status Residence Education Level Age years Gender 76 Media

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