ArticleTobacco induced diseases2025
Smoking attitudes, self-reported practices, and COPD knowledge among adults aged 20-59 years: Insights from a Japanese sample.
Article in Tobacco induced diseases, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
2 citing papers in PubMed.
- Knowledge, attitudes, and practices regarding traditional Chinese medicine therapies among COPD patients: a cross-sectional study.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
- Level of Awareness About Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Among Active Smokers.International journal of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease · 2026Article
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
8 authors.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
introductionSmoking remains a significant public health issue globally, despite efforts to reduce tobacco use. In Japan, smoking persists, particularly among certain groups.
methodsThis study investigates smoking attitudes, self-reported practices, and COPD knowledge among Japanese adults aged 20-59 years to identify intervention targets for reducing smoking prevalence and improving public health. Data from the 2020 'Community Empowerment and Well-Being and Healthy Long-term Care: Evidence from a Cohort Study (CEC)' project were analyzed, including 537 participants categorized as smokers, former smokers, or non-smokers.
resultsThis study shows that gender (male) is a strong predictor of current smoking across all age groups. Individuals with higher smoking awareness are less likely to smoke, especially in older adults. While COPD awareness is significantly associated with smoking only in the 20-29 age group. Among smokers who attempted to quit, 27.7% expressed willingness to quit, but only 3.0% were interested in cessation programs.
conclusionsA proportion of participants had a smoking history, highlighting tobacco use prevalence. Despite widespread support for anti-smoking measures, a disconnection between attitudes and behaviors persists. While most participants had heard of COPD, deeper knowledge of the disease and its symptoms was limited. These findings emphasize the need for anti-smoking policies targeting educational interventions and improving COPD awareness to promote behavior change and reduce smoking prevalence.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.