Cigarette and Nargileh Smoking Practices Among School Students in Beirut, Lebanon

Tamim, Hani; Al-Sahab, Ban; Akkary, Ghassan; Ghanem, M; Tamim, N; Roueiheb, Zana El; Kanj, Mayada; Afifi, Rima

doi:10.5993/ajhb.31.1.6

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“…This rate is close to that reported by Tamim et al (2007) in a Lebanese study where the prevalence rate of cigarette smoking was 2.5%. Our rate is very low compared to other local studies as Abdou (2004) in Zagazig where the prevalence was 13.8%.…”

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Health Protecting and Health Promoting Behaviors Among Preparatory School Students in Zagazig City

Allah¹

2015

AJNS

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Abstract:Background. Adolescents' lifestyle change can be facilitated through a combination of learning experiences that enhance awareness, increase motivation, and build skills. The aim of this study was to describe the health protecting and health promoting behaviors among preparatory school students in Zagazig city. This study was aimed to identify the most common health-related modified and non-modified behaviors and how they effect on wellness of the preparatory school students. Research design: A descriptive cross-sectional design was used to carry out the study. Setting: in a preparatory school in Kafr Mohamed Gawish at Zagazig city on 150 male and female students aged 12 to 15 recruited through stratified cluster random sampling. Tools: The data were collected using an interview questionnaire. →(Please, give some info regarding questionnaire; it is self-structured? Validated? Self-administrative? How is it scoring? Additionally, how the behavior was assessed? (Cut-off 60%). Tools: Two tools, the first tool (the data collection tool consisted of an interview questionnaire consisted two parts, socio-demographic characteristics, and medical history) and the second tool (a health promoting lifestyle questionnaire, in addition to a section asking students about the topics they suggest for personal growth. Results: The study results showed that approximately two thirds of adolescent preparatory school students from middle class families in rural areas had adequate total wellness behavior. The wellness behaviors' areas of most deficiency were those of exercise and mental activity, whereas the best areas were those of medication use, environmental, social, and spiritual aspects. Students' total wellness was significantly influenced by higher mother education, and lower crowding index, as well as the history of chronic diseases and previous surgery. Some of the wellness behavior aspects were also affected by students' age, gender, and father education. Conclusion and summary: Multivariate analysis identified → (Not in conclusion section) mother education as the only significant independent factor positively influencing adolescent's total wellness score. Students need to know more about topics related to nutrition, exercise, and anxiety. The wellness behaviors' areas of most deficiency are those of exercise and mental activity, whereas the best areas were those of medication use, environmental, social, and spiritual aspects. Recommendations: School health team should construct and implement special nutritional education intervention programs, promote physical exercise, and develop a hotline service for adolescents' health.

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Health Protecting and Health Promoting Behaviors Among Preparatory School Students in Zagazig City

Allah¹

2015

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“…One of the most decisive factors for adolescents to consume nargile is smoking nargile in the family by at least one family member. A large number of authors have shown these data in their studies (26)(27)(28)(29)(30)(31). Similar to this factor, smoking cigarettes by family members is also a risk factor that could influence adolescents to start smoking nargile (32,33).…”

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Factors Influencing Hookah Smoking in High School Students

Vapljanin¹,

Kočović²,

Milosavljević³

et al. 2018

Acta Facultatis Medicae Naissensis

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S U M M A R YIn recent years, the prevalence of hookah smoking has increased worldwide, particularly in young people, which may have potentially serious consequences for their health. The aim of this study was to examine the factors associated with the consumption of hookah by high school students.The present study was conducted in the city of Novi Pazar, and students aged 17-19 years attending the following high schools were included: Medical School, Grammar School, Economic-Commerce School and Catering School. The study was designed as a case-control study. The cases were students who consumed nargile, while the control group consisted of students who had never smoked nargile. A special questionnaire was constructed for the purpose of this research, which was used to evaluate the opinions of adolescents on the consumption of nargile.Our research included a total of 270 seniors in high schools in Novi Pazar. The average age of the students was 18 years. The most important factors that may contribute to start using nargile were: previous consumption of nargile by older family members, divorced parents, and active smoking of cigarettes by other family members. Most students emphasized that hookah smoking is socially unacceptable form of behavior. Also, hookah smoker were neither more attractive nor popular.Nargile consumption is more common by adolescents whose parents are divorced, as well as by adolescents whose family members are smoking nargile or tobacco. The most common reason for nargile consumption among adolescents is a desire for relaxation.

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“…However, other studies from southern areas of Iran among pregnant women in rural areas of southern Iran reported a higher prevalence rate of 8% [18] and 17% among elderly women in Bander Abbas [16]. The high prevalence of water pipe smoking in the southern provinces of Iran may be due to their proximity to Arab countries as high prevalences of water pipe smoking have been reported (25.6%) in Lebanon [22], (36.8%) Jordan [15], (37.8%) Egypt [23], and (45%) Kuwait [14]. Apparently, water pipe smoking is becoming a behavioural norm, especially among women and girls in Eastern Mediterranean countries [2,15].…”

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Prevalence of Water Pipe Use and Its Correlates in Iranian Women of Reproductive Age in Tehran: A Population-Based Study

Baheiraei¹,

Mirghafourvand²,

Mohammadi³

et al. 2012

Med Princ Pract

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Objective: The objective of this study was to determine the prevalence of water pipe smoking and its associated sociodemographic factors among Iranian women of reproductive age in Tehran. Subjects and Methods: This was a population-based cross-sectional study of 1,359 Iranian women aged 15–49 years. The multistage random cluster technique was used to obtain the sample. Questionnaire-based interviews with questions relating to water pipe smoking and sociodemographic variables were used to collect the data. The multivariate logistic regression model was used to analyse the relationships between the dependent variable (water pipe smoking) and the independent variables (sociodemographic characteristics). Results: The prevalence of water pipe smoking was 6.3% among Iranian women. Water pipe smoking was more likely in the age range of 15–24 years [odds ratio (OR) = 4.8, 95% confidence interval (95% CI) = 2.7–8.6] compared to the age range of 35 years or older, in women with a university education (OR = 1.9, 95% CI = 1.3–3.0) compared to women with a high-school diploma or lower, and in women with an average crowding index score (OR = 4.7, 95% CI = 2.1–10.6) compared to women living in small families. Conclusion: The findings of this study show that Iranian women with a university education and the younger age group (15–24 years) were at most risk of water pipe smoking. The findings of this study about associated factors may contribute to the development of efficient health promotion programmes for the prevention and cessation of water pipe smoking.

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Cigarette and Nargileh Smoking Practices Among School Students in Beirut, Lebanon

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Health Protecting and Health Promoting Behaviors Among Preparatory School Students in Zagazig City

Health Protecting and Health Promoting Behaviors Among Preparatory School Students in Zagazig City

Factors Influencing Hookah Smoking in High School Students

Prevalence of Water Pipe Use and Its Correlates in Iranian Women of Reproductive Age in Tehran: A Population-Based Study

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