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    Awareness and perception on population –based tobacco control interventions in preventing non –communicable diseases; a case study of Ilala district, Tanzania
    (University of Dar es Salaam, 2019) Nkambi, Deusdatus Leocard
    This study aimed to assess an awareness and perception of the general public on population-based tobacco control interventions in preventing Non- Communicable Diseases (NCDs) in Ilala District. The study employed population based cross-sectional survey, whereby data were collected by using questionnaires with close ended questions administered to 384 respondents as well as observation checklist on 300 cigarette packets and 152 public sites to check the use of population-based tobacco control interventions. Data were analzed by use of excel and statistical package for social science (SPSS) version 20. Research findings revealed that the awareness on population-based tobacco control intervention is very low as only 30% (95) of respondents were aware that, tobacco is the key risk factor for all the four major NCDs. However, 88.3% (280) noted that smoke ban in public is not effective , while 94.6% (300) noted that, imposing health warning message on tobacco products packages and banning tobacco advertisements, promotions and funding by tobacco industry respectively have not been effective strategies in reducing tobacco use among the public. This study concludes that, implementation of population-based tobacco control intervention for preventing NCDs in Ilala districts is hampered by ineffectiveness of tobacco control policies and lack of enforcement of the tobacco product (regulation) Act of 2003. The study recommends that, the current tobacco product (regulation) Act of 2003 need to be revised to comply with WHO framework Convention on tobacco control and become more effective in enforcing the implementation of population-based tobacco control interventions for successful prevention and control of NCDs.