Prevalence of Smoking and Its Associated Factors with Smoking among Elderly Smokers in Malaysia: Findings from A Nationwide Population-Based Study

The determination of smoking prevalence and its associated factors among the elderly could provide evidence-based findings to guide the planning and implementation of policy in order to will help in reducing the morbidity and mortality of smoking-related diseases, thus increase their quality of life. This paper describes the rate of smoking and identifies the factor(s) associated with smoking among the elderly in Malaysia.