Prevalence and Factors Influencing Smoking Behavior among Female Inmates in Malaysia.

Suharzida JusohNyi Nyi NaingNadiah Wan-ArfahW N HajidahWan Nor ArifinLing Shing WongSinouvassane DjearamaneAnto Cordelia Tanislaus AntonyMohamed SaleemSiddharthan Selvaraj

Published in: Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) (2023)

The prevalence of smoking among women inmates in Kelantan was found to be quite high. Religion (majority (90.5%) of women in the study were Muslims; it would be inappropriate to draw conclusion that religion is an influencing factor), marital status, parents' practice, peer practice and education significantly influenced women inmates to smoke.

Keyphrases

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