TY - JOUR T1 - Cigarette smoking and associated disease JF - The Journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners JO - J R Coll Gen Pract SP - 229 LP - 233 VL - 29 IS - 201 AU - W. D. Ashton Y1 - 1979/04/01 UR - http://bjgp.org/content/29/201/229.abstract N2 - 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. ER -