Smoking,passive smoking and smoking cessation among urban residents in Chengdu city

ObjectiveTo examine smoking,passive smoking and smoking cessation status among adult residents in Chengdu city of Sichuan province for developing new tobacco control measures.MethodsRandom cluster sampling was used to select 4 994 residents aged 18-69 years in 6 urban districts of Chengdu city for a face-to-face questionnaire survey.ResultsThe rate of smoking,passive smoking,and successful smoking cessation was 25.31% (1 264/4 994),48.78% (1 482/3 038),and 10.65% (107/1 005)among the residents.There were significant differences in the rates of smoking,passive smoking,and successful smoking cessation among the residents of different gender,age,education level,and occupation(all P<0.001).ConclusionThe smoking rate is low but the passive smoking rate is relatively high among adult urban residents of Chengdu city,with a low successful smoking cessation among the smokers in the urban areas of the city.