2026-09-21T06:00:57Z https://meral.edu.mm/oai

oai:meral.edu.mm:recid/1341 2024-04-25T06:32:20Z 1582963436320:1582965722087 user-yueco

A STUDY ON KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDE AND PRACTICE OF SMOKING HABITS IN MYANMAR (CASE STUDY: SHWE PYI THAR TOWNSHIP) (Khin La Wun, 2019) KHIN LA WUN Smoking is the leading cause of preventable diseases and deaths in the world. Smoking kills more than five million people every year. Smoking is one of the public health problems in Myanmar. The objective of the study is to identify the knowledge level concerning with smoking related diseases and measure the attitude and practice of smoking habits in Shwe Pyi Thar Township. This thesis used descriptive method and face to face interview with the respondents. The respondent’s knowledge had normal level and current smokers had poor level of practice. Both of the knowledge and practice are related with respondent of their background education and weakness of health knowledge. Also influencing factors of smoking were advertising and promotion of cigarette selling in loose form and easily accessible to cigarette. r Stress, tension, pressure, family factors and weak law enforcement attributed to smoking 2019-05-01 http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12678/0000001341 https://meral.edu.mm/records/1341