Table 4 Monk's and novice's knowledge and attitudes by smoking status
From: Smoking prevalence, determinants, knowledge, attitudes and habits among Buddhist monks in Lao PDR
Variables | Non smoker | Current smoker | Total | *p-value | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Â | Correct | Correct | Correct | Â | |||
Knowledge of smoking on health | N | % | N | % | N | % | Â |
a. Smoking is harmful | 303 | 99.7 | 85 | 98.8 | 388 | 99.5 | .393 |
b. Nicotine in tobacco is highly addictive | 266 | 87.5 | 73 | 84.9 | 339 | 86.9 | .587 |
c. People can get addicted to cigarettes like they can get addicted to cocaine or heroin** | 256 | 84.2 | 60 | 69.8 | 316 | 81.0 | .005 |
d. Passive smoking increases the risk of heart disease in non-smoking adults | 261 | 85.9 | 71 | 82.6 | 332 | 85.1 | .492 |
e. Passive smoking increases the risk of lung diseases in non-smoking adults | 293 | 96.4 | 82 | 95.3 | 375 | 96.2 | .750 |
f. Smoking increases the risk of heart diseases | 264 | 86.8 | 73 | 84.9 | 337 | 86.4 | .721 |
g. Smoking increases the risk of LRI | 296 | 97.4 | 82 | 95.3 | 378 | 96.9 | .308 |
h. Tobacco kills more people each year than illegal drugs, AIDS & car crashes | 160 | 52.6 | 41 | 47.7 | 201 | 51.5 | .464 |
i. Quitting smoking reduces risk | 295 | 97.0 | 84 | 97.7 | 379 | 97.2 | 1.000 |
j. Know about smoking law in religious places* | 145 | 47.7 | 53 | 61.6 | 198 | 50.8 | .028 |
k. Know their temple's smoking rule | 127 | 41.8 | 44 | 51.2 | 171 | 43.8 | .140 |
l. Smoke from cigarettes is harmful to people who are repeated exposed | 290 | 95.4 | 81 | 94.2 | 371 | 95.1 | .582 |
Attitudes towards anti-smoking activities | Positive | Positive | Positive | *p-value | |||
| Â | N | % | N | % | N | % | Â |
a. Smoking in all enclosed public places be banned | 276 | 90.8 | 79 | 91.9 | 355 | 91 | 1.000 |
b. Smoking should be banned at the temple | 264 | 86.6 | 67 | 77.9 | 331 | 84.9 | .059 |
c. Offering tobacco to the monks should be prohibited* | 215 | 70.7 | 50 | 58.1 | 265 | 67.9 | .036 |
d. Monks should refuse cigarettes offered to them | 99 | 32.6 | 19 | 22.1 | 118 | 30.3 | .064 |
e. If Monks don't smoke, people would respect more | 276 | 90.8 | 74 | 86 | 350 | 89.7 | .227 |
f. Monks should routinely advise people to quit smoking* | 288 | 94.7 | 75 | 87.2 | 363 | 93.1 | .027 |
g. There should be campaign to the public not to offer cigarettes to monks | 250 | 82.2 | 64 | 74.4 | 314 | 80.5 | .123 |
h. There should be a project to quit smoking or smoking cessation for smoking monks/novices | 289 | 95.1 | 80 | 93.0 | 369 | 94.6 | .427 |
i. People did not accept monks who smoke (smoking monks) | 196 | 64.5 | 56 | 65.1 | 252 | 64.6 | 1.000 |
j. Monks who use tobacco are less likely to advise people stop smoking | 222 | 73.0 | 60 | 69.8 | 282 | 72.3 | .586 |