Novartis Pharma Announces Results of Smoking Cessation Survey.Tokyo, Japan, July 19, 2005 - (JCNN JCNN Japan Corporate News Network ) - Novartis Pharma announced on July 14 the results of its survey of 2,089 people (1,124 smokers and 965 nonsmokers) on quitting smoking. The company conducted the survey from May 28 to June 19 via its website for smoking cessation smoking cessation Public health Temporary or permanent halting of habitual cigarette smoking; withdrawal therapies–eg, hypnosis, psychotherapy, group counseling, exposing smokers to Pts with terminal lung CA and nicotine chewing gum are often ineffective. , e-kinen <http://www.e-kinen.jp/>. Of the respondents In the context of marketing research, a representative sample drawn from a larger population of people from whom information is collected and used to develop or confirm marketing strategy. , about 60% of the smokers and 70% of the nonsmokers said that they are concerned about the health effects of smoking. Especially, about 40% of the nonsmokers mentioned the secondhand smoke sec·ond·hand smoke n. Cigarette, cigar, or pipe smoke that is inhaled unintentionally by nonsmokers and may be injurious to their health if inhaled regularly over a long period. Also called passive smoke. threat. Of those who have ever thought about quitting smoking, advice from their children influenced their decisions most, followed by advice from their families and spouses. Further, 28.3% of the nonsmokers said that they want their colleagues to quit smoking. More than 30% of the male respondents in their 30s want their bosses to quit smoking while more than half of the male respondents in their 40s want their colleagues to do so. Source: JCN JCN Japan Corporate News JCN Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience JCN Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing JCN Journal of Christian Nursing JCN Job Control Number JCN Journal of Child Neurology JCN joint communications network (US DoD) http://www.japancorp.net Copyright [c] 2005 Japan Corporate News Network. All rights reserved. |
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