Prevalence rate and individual, familial and social characteristics associated with cigarette smoking among preuniversity students of Behbahan city, Iran
Abstract:
Introduction
Three millions people die related to smoking every year. Twelve million smokers are reported in Iran. The studies show that smoking is an important factor which causes cardio – vascular and respiratory diseases. Its role in cancer diseases is strongly confirmed. The social and economical effects of smoking also are considerable.
Method
In this study 192 preuniversity students in Bahaman city (province of Khuzestan، south of Iran) were interviewed to identify rate of smokers and factors influencing smoking behavior in 2002 to 2003.
Results
The results show that %36. 5 of students were smoker. And also having smoker friends (P=0. 01) and parental disputes (P=0. 003) are significant factors for the rate of smoking among students. Job and education level of parents are not statistically significant with the smoking behavior among students. Overall results of this study show a strong significant relationship among، peer influence، parental disputes، and prevalence of smoking in preuniversity students.
Conclusion
Considering the finding more than one third of subjects were smoker، it is necessary to imprive knowledge and promote health beliefs for quite smoking and nonsmoking through suggesting suitable educational and counseling programs.
Language:
Persian
Published:
Jundishapur Journal of Health Sciences, Volume:1 Issue: 1, 2010
Page:
16
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