Smoking Frequency among College Student: Distinctive Characteristics and Factors Related to Smoking
Rukhshan Khurshid, Naim A Nizami, Saima Rasheed, Badar Jamal, Abeera Mazhar, Farrukh Javaid
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ABSTRACT
Background: Smoking remains one of the leading causes of
preventable disease worldwide with increase of trend of continue to smoke and
reduction of daily smoke. The non-daily smoking (smoking on some days but not
every day) is increasing.
Aims: To find out the frequency of smoking in medical
college student and factors related with smoking.
Methods: Fifty consented students of medical sciences were
included in the study. Duration of study was one month (Sep 2019-Oct 2019).
Questionnaires based on factors related with smoking were filled from students.
Results: it is observed that most of the student start smoking in their
youth, just for fun but with time they are habitual. Some students are social
smokers, smoke occasionally and almost always in groups. Some percentage of
students only smoke when they have usually stress of their tests.
Conclusion: Most of the students are found to be non-daily smokers. They may start smoking in very young age as peer smokers due to their
friends and also due to good financial status. Their reason of smoking is fun,
stress of examination, relaxation and home sickness, which is reduced with
time.
Keywords: Smoking, Students,
factors
ABSTRACT
Background: Smoking remains one of the leading causes of
preventable disease worldwide with increase of trend of continue to smoke and
reduction of daily smoke. The non-daily smoking (smoking on some days but not
every day) is increasing.
Aims: To find out the frequency of smoking in medical
college student and factors related with smoking.
Methods: Fifty consented students of medical sciences were
included in the study. Duration of study was one month (Sep 2019-Oct 2019).
Questionnaires based on factors related with smoking were filled from students.
Results: it is observed that most of the student start smoking in their
youth, just for fun but with time they are habitual. Some students are social
smokers, smoke occasionally and almost always in groups. Some percentage of
students only smoke when they have usually stress of their tests.
Conclusion: Most of the students are found to be non-daily smokers. They may start smoking in very young age as peer smokers due to their
friends and also due to good financial status. Their reason of smoking is fun,
stress of examination, relaxation and home sickness, which is reduced with
time.
Keywords: Smoking, Students,
factors