| Abstract: | A nation-wide survey on smoking was carriedout from April to November 1984, covering all 29provinces, autonomous regions and municipalitiesdirectly under the Central Government (except Tai-wan). Stratified random sampling was done in thegeneral population in those aged 15 years and above.A total of 519600 persons were surveyed, including258 422 males and 261 178 females. It was shown that the average smoking rate ofChinese is 33.88%, with 61.01% males and 7.04females. The heaviest male smokers are workersand peasants, and the females ones are professionalsand workers. The highest educated peoplc have thelowest smoking rate in both sexes. Of 343 563non-smokers interviewed, 39.75To are passivesmokers. The quit smoking rate is only 4.17% inmales and 9.73% in females. |
