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

MMK = kyats; 1 USD = MMK 1500 (exchange rate at the time of interview). Multiple responses.