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Smoking Habits among College Students at a Public University in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Tobacco smoking is one of the leading risk factors for ill health and death worldwide. Adolescence is the starting age of smoking for most current smokers worldwide. This study aimed to explore the prevalence of tobacco, the habits of different types of former smokers, and their relationship to othe...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9517305/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36141829 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph191811557 |
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author | Bin Abdulrahman, Khalid A. Alghamdi, Hatem Ali Alfaleh, Rayan Sulaiman Albishri, Waleed Saleh Almuslamani, Walid Bandar Alshakrah, Abdulelah Murdhi Alsuwailem, Hamad Mohammed Alkhelaiwi, Sultan Ali |
author_facet | Bin Abdulrahman, Khalid A. Alghamdi, Hatem Ali Alfaleh, Rayan Sulaiman Albishri, Waleed Saleh Almuslamani, Walid Bandar Alshakrah, Abdulelah Murdhi Alsuwailem, Hamad Mohammed Alkhelaiwi, Sultan Ali |
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description | Tobacco smoking is one of the leading risk factors for ill health and death worldwide. Adolescence is the starting age of smoking for most current smokers worldwide. This study aimed to explore the prevalence of tobacco, the habits of different types of former smokers, and their relationship to other specialties and sociodemographic data. Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted at Imam Mohammad Ibn Saud Islamic University (IMSIU), Saudi Arabia. An online questionnaire was sent to students’ emails to assess their smoking prevalence and tobacco and nicotine product habits. Results: Of the 895 students in IMSIU who participated in our survey, most reported having never used/tried tobacco, representing (76.4%). Most of the students who smoke began to smoke within the last five years (46.4%), which strongly indicates that they started to smoke when they entered the university. When students were asked about the time they like to smoke, most reported that they smoke when they feel stressed/under pressure (57.1%). There was a strong relationship between having a family member who smokes and being a smoker (53.1%). Conclusions: The prevalence of cigarettes, electronic cigarettes, and Shisha was 18.3%, 5%, and 11%, respectively. Anti-smoking regulations at the university level should be periodically reviewed to ensure the effectiveness and efficiency of tobacco control strategies. |
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spelling | pubmed-95173052022-09-29 Smoking Habits among College Students at a Public University in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia Bin Abdulrahman, Khalid A. Alghamdi, Hatem Ali Alfaleh, Rayan Sulaiman Albishri, Waleed Saleh Almuslamani, Walid Bandar Alshakrah, Abdulelah Murdhi Alsuwailem, Hamad Mohammed Alkhelaiwi, Sultan Ali Int J Environ Res Public Health Article Tobacco smoking is one of the leading risk factors for ill health and death worldwide. Adolescence is the starting age of smoking for most current smokers worldwide. This study aimed to explore the prevalence of tobacco, the habits of different types of former smokers, and their relationship to other specialties and sociodemographic data. Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted at Imam Mohammad Ibn Saud Islamic University (IMSIU), Saudi Arabia. An online questionnaire was sent to students’ emails to assess their smoking prevalence and tobacco and nicotine product habits. Results: Of the 895 students in IMSIU who participated in our survey, most reported having never used/tried tobacco, representing (76.4%). Most of the students who smoke began to smoke within the last five years (46.4%), which strongly indicates that they started to smoke when they entered the university. When students were asked about the time they like to smoke, most reported that they smoke when they feel stressed/under pressure (57.1%). There was a strong relationship between having a family member who smokes and being a smoker (53.1%). Conclusions: The prevalence of cigarettes, electronic cigarettes, and Shisha was 18.3%, 5%, and 11%, respectively. Anti-smoking regulations at the university level should be periodically reviewed to ensure the effectiveness and efficiency of tobacco control strategies. MDPI 2022-09-14 /pmc/articles/PMC9517305/ /pubmed/36141829 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph191811557 Text en © 2022 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Bin Abdulrahman, Khalid A. Alghamdi, Hatem Ali Alfaleh, Rayan Sulaiman Albishri, Waleed Saleh Almuslamani, Walid Bandar Alshakrah, Abdulelah Murdhi Alsuwailem, Hamad Mohammed Alkhelaiwi, Sultan Ali Smoking Habits among College Students at a Public University in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia |
title | Smoking Habits among College Students at a Public University in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia |
title_full | Smoking Habits among College Students at a Public University in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia |
title_fullStr | Smoking Habits among College Students at a Public University in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia |
title_full_unstemmed | Smoking Habits among College Students at a Public University in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia |
title_short | Smoking Habits among College Students at a Public University in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia |
title_sort | smoking habits among college students at a public university in riyadh, saudi arabia |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9517305/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36141829 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph191811557 |
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