Pattern of Smoking Cessation: A Study among Workers Attending Smoking Cessation Clinic in Shuaiba Industrial Area, Kuwait - Abstract
Smoking is the leading cause of death and preventable diseases such as cancer, heart disease, stroke, lung diseases, type 2 diabetes, and other chronic health conditions [1,2]. Smoking tobacco is an epidemic health issue that kills more than 8 million people yearly around the world, as over 80% of tobacco users are in low- and middle- income countries. More than 7 million if those death result from direct use of direct tobacco, whereas 1.2 million death result from exposed to secondhand smoking [3]. According to Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) current smoking is “An adult who has smoked 100 cigarettes in his or her lifetime and who currently smokes cigarettes. Beginning in 1991 this group was divided into “everyday” smokers or “somedays” smokers [4]. Smoking is associated with increased economic burden on the society through direct costs on the health service and indirect costs on the morbidity and mortality rates [5].