Abstract
This study in 2010 determined the prevalence of smoking and its associated factors among universities students in Shahroud located in the North Eastern of Iran. 1800 students were selected randomly among 20000 students of Shahroud universities, to complete a questionnaire Which was prepared based on the Global Youth Tobacco Survey. The prevalence of current smoking was 20% (80% male and 20% female). The most important factors in the tendency to smoking were: friends smoking, stress, separation from family and fun.
Highlights
Cigarette smoking is considered a major public health hazard in the world
The total number of university students in Shahroud are about 20000.The sample size was estimated as 1800 subjects based on: prevalence =
The prevalence of tobacco smoking in our students (20%) was lower than rates reported in a previous study of students in Iran
Summary
Cigarette smoking is considered a major public health hazard in the world. It is among the main preventable causes of untimely death, morbidity and mortality worldwide. About 5 million deaths occur annually due to cigarette smoking. If the pattern of tobacco consumption continues at the same pace as today, the morbidity and mortality rates will be doubled (10 million people per year) by the year 2020 [1,2] and 7 million of which will occur in developing countries [3]. Due to high proportion of young In the Islamic Republic of Iran, tobacco control and prevention programmes are very important [4]. Several studies showed increasing trend in smoking among Iranian youth [5,6,7]
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