Pfizer Japan Surveys Smokers.Tokyo, Japan, June 26, 2006 - (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) ) - Pfizer Japan announced on June 23 the results of its latest attitude survey of smokers in Japan. The company conducted an Internet Internet Publicly accessible computer network connecting many smaller networks from around the world. It grew out of a U.S. Defense Department program called ARPANET (Advanced Research Projects Agency Network), established in 1969 with connections between computers at the survey of 700 people in seven cities Seven Cities may refer to:
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. , 34.7% answered that they plan to quit smoking as the cigarette tax is scheduled to go up in July. In particular, more people in provincial cities Provincial cities (省轄市 or 省管市), sometimes translated provincial municipalities, are cities lesser in rank than direct-controlled municipalities of the Republic of China (ROC). intend to do so than those in metropolises. When asked if they think they are likely to succeed in quitting smoking, 43.9% in Sendai expressed confidence, vis-a-vis 14.3% in Hiroshima. For the reasons why they decided to quit smoking, 45.7% mentioned health purposes and 37.0% saving money. By city, more respondents in Osaka mentioned health purposes while more in Sapporo cited saving money. When asked how much tobacco they consume per day, 47.0% in Osaka and 43.0% in Sapporo admitted that they smoke more than a pack (20 cigarettes) a day, while only 24.0% in Fukuoka and 29.0% in Sendai do the same. Of the respondents, 85.7% think that the expected rise in tobacco price is too steep but 65.3% said that they will not quit smoking because of the rise in price. However, 55.7% think that they may quit smoking if a pack of cigarettes costs 500 yen (US$4.34) or more. Copyright [c] 2006 Japan Corporate News Network. All rights reserved. |
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