Health literacy and smoking

Although both population-based and clinical interventions have been successful in lowering rates of smoking in the USA over time, the prevalence of smoking remains considerably higher than the Healthy People 2020 objective of 12% [1]. The latest national study conducted in Iran showed that 25% of th...

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Main Authors: Rahman Panahi, Ali Ramezankhani, Mahmoud Tavousi, Shamsaddin Niknami
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Gonabad University of Medical Sciences 2018-01-01
Series:Journal of Research & Health
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Online Access:http://jrh.gmu.ac.ir/article-1-1490-en.pdf
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spelling doaj-030f0f241f4c4dae9d6107775cc794d82020-11-25T00:24:18ZengGonabad University of Medical SciencesJournal of Research & Health2423-57172423-57172018-01-018112Health literacy and smokingRahman Panahi Ali Ramezankhani Mahmoud Tavousi Shamsaddin Niknami Although both population-based and clinical interventions have been successful in lowering rates of smoking in the USA over time, the prevalence of smoking remains considerably higher than the Healthy People 2020 objective of 12% [1]. The latest national study conducted in Iran showed that 25% of the population aged 18- 65 years were smokers and age, education, gender, occupation, and marital status variables had a significant relationship with smoking [2].http://jrh.gmu.ac.ir/article-1-1490-en.pdfSo far
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description Although both population-based and clinical interventions have been successful in lowering rates of smoking in the USA over time, the prevalence of smoking remains considerably higher than the Healthy People 2020 objective of 12% [1]. The latest national study conducted in Iran showed that 25% of the population aged 18- 65 years were smokers and age, education, gender, occupation, and marital status variables had a significant relationship with smoking [2].
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