PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - W. D. Ashton TI - Cigarette smoking and associated disease DP - 1979 Apr 01 TA - The Journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners PG - 229--233 VI - 29 IP - 201 4099 - http://bjgp.org/content/29/201/229.short 4100 - http://bjgp.org/content/29/201/229.full SO - J R Coll Gen Pract1979 Apr 01; 29 AB - I report an undergraduate medical student project in which a questionnaire was used to try to assess the present level of public knowledge about the harmful effects of cigarette smoking on health. Patients attending a health centre were selected for the study, and a total of 410 questionnaires were completed and analysed. Non-smokers appeared to be better informed about hazards than smokers. The general level of awareness was not as high as might be predicted in view of continual propaganda.