Research Article
Awareness and Perceptions on Health Warning Labels on Cigarette Packs among Smokers: A Cross-Sectional Study
Table 1
Sociodemographic and personal characteristics of smokers.
| Characteristics | Frequency | Percent | 95% CI |
| Age group (year) () | | | | ≤29 | 69 | 30.3 | 19.4-44.1 | 30-39 | 48 | 18.6 | 7.7-38.4 | 40-49 | 49 | 23.3 | 8.9-48.6 | 50-59 | 38 | 14.5 | 6.7–28.6 | 60-69 | 23 | 9.0 | 5.2–15.2 | ≥70 | 13 | 4.3 | 0.5–28.5 | Gender () | | | | Male | 229 | 96.3 | 70.1–99.7 | Female | 11 | 3.7 | 0.3–29.9 | Level of education () | | | | Illiterate | 4 | 1.2 | 0.02-8.0 | Read and write | 14 | 5.9 | 3.1-10.9 | Primary school | 53 | 20.1 | 8.0–42.1 | Middle school | 79 | 33.3 | 23.2–45.4 | High school | 69 | 30.1 | 19.7–42.5 | Diploma to postgraduate | 21 | 9.4 | 4.0–20.4 | Income (MMK) () | | | | <100000 | 13 | 5.6 | 1.8–15.7 | 100000-199999 | 74 | 36.7 | 21.5–55.1 | 200000-299999 | 55 | 26.0 | 8.1–58.2 | ≥300000 | 66 | 31.7 | 18.7–48.4 | Smoking status () | | | | Current smoker | 225 | 93.4 | 80.5–98.0 | Ex-smoker | 15 | 6.6 | 1.9–19.5 | Duration of smoking (years) () | | | | 1-5 | 57 | 26.0 | 17.4–37.0 | 6-10 | 32 | 14.0 | 10.6–18.2 | >10 | 136 | 60.0 | 51.3–68.0 | Number of tobacco smoked per day () | | | | 1-5 sticks | 123 | 59.0 | 40.8–75.1 | >5 sticks | 102 | 41.0 | 24.9–59.2 | Types of tobacco () | | | | Cigarette | 187 | 82.0 | 67.7–90.7 | Cheroot | 159 | 71.7 | 62.0–79.8 | Hand-rolled cheroot | 12 | 2.7 | 1.1–6.5 | Cigar | 6 | 4.6 | 0.6–26.5 |
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MMK = kyats; 1 USD = MMK 1500 (exchange rate at the time of interview). Multiple responses. |