Knowledge and risk perceptions of Israelis towards combustible cigarettes: the need for immediate remedial action

Table 5 Knowledge about tobacco-attributable heart and lung disease risk in different countries

Study	Country	Respondents who believe that smoking causes
Study	Country	Lung cancer (%)	Heart Disease^a or Heart Attack^b (%)
Siahpush, 2006	USA	94.4	85.8^a
	Canada	94.8	90.9^a
	UK	93.7	89.6^a
	Australia	94.3	88.6^a
Yang, 2010	China	73	40.2^a
Fakir, 2011	Morocco	63	22^a
Agaku, 2014	29 African countries*	Median:5.1	Median:12.8^a
	Tunisia	Lower limit: 0	Lower limit: 0^a
	Somaliland, Somalia	Upper limit: 80.4
	Malawi		Upper limit: 36.6^a
Minh An, 2013	Vietnam	95.8	60.9^b
Gupta, 2014	Thailand	97.4	75.2^b
	Uruguay	96.9	92.3^b
	Turkey	96.8	94.4^b
	Mexico	96.6	80.5^b
	Egypt	96	94.8^b
	Brazil	96	87.1^b
	Vietnam	95.2	63^b
	Bangladesh	94.2	90.2^b
	Poland	91.8	79.5^b
	Philippines	91.5	77.6^b
	Ukraine	89.7	75.5^b
	Russian Federation	88.5	65.7^b
	India	87.2	65.1^b
	China	79	40.6^b