Knowledge and attitudes regarding smoking: a health education experiment with Malay college students.

摘要: Summary This study investigated whether knowledge and attitudes of Malay college students regarding smoking can be positively influenced by educational intervention. The experiment included a pretest to assess the students' smoking, lecture on health risks associated with posttest given six weeks later any changes had occurred. A profile typical student smoker was also elicited. Twenty­ seven percent population were smokers. Of men in sample, 44% smokers, while less than 4% women T-tests indicated that significantly improved for most groups, towards essentially unchanged.