Correlates of smoking behavior among Muslim Arab-American adolescents

Islam, Sondos M. S.; Johnson, C. Anderson

doi:10.1080/13557850310001631722

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“…In our review of published literature, we found studies on risk behaviors of middle and high school Muslim students in Western Europe (e.g., Amundsen, Rossow, & Skurtveit, 2005;Chédebois et al, 2009;Jayakody et al, 2011), but none on college students. The limited information that exists suggests that Muslim students report low prevalence of most behaviors (e.g., Amundsen et al, 2005;Chédebois et al, 2009;Jayakody et al, 2011), with female Muslim students reporting even lower prevalence than male Muslim students (e.g., Islam & Johnson, 2003). Furthermore, previous research did not explore whether Muslim engagement in risk behaviors were isolated incidents of risk, or a cluster of behaviors, as suggested by Jessor (1991).…”

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Prevalence of Risk Behaviors among U.S. Muslim College Students

Ahmed¹,

Abu-Ras²,

Arfken³

2014

Journal of Muslim Mental Health

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Limited data exists on alcohol, illicit drug, tobacco, gambling, and non-marital sexual intercourse among Muslim college students; behaviors which are either prohibited or strongly discouraged in Islam. To provide preliminary baseline data, we assessed prevalence of these risk behaviors using a U.S. 2001 national college survey. Of the 10,401 students surveyed, 135 (1.3%) reported they were raised in Muslim families. The past year prevalence of risk behaviors among the 135 students was 46.2% for alcohol, 24.6% for illicit drug use, 37.3% for tobacco use, and 30.4% for gambling. Of the never married students, 53.8% reported ever having had sexual intercourse. Gender differences were significant for tobacco use and gambling. Most Muslim students (58.5%) reported engaging in at least one risk behavior during the past year, of whom a majority (77.6%) engaged in two or more behaviors. In multivariate analyses, higher religiosity was protective against any past year risk behavior. These findings provide critical baseline data on risk behaviors among Muslim students. They also underscore the need for updated information and prevention programs. 6 Sameera Ahmed, Wahiba Abu-Ras, and Cynthia Arfken

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“…Furthermore, previous research did not explore whether Muslim engagement in risk behaviors were isolated incidents of risk, or a cluster of behaviors, as suggested by Jessor (1991). Only one study, to our knowledge, explored the protective influence of Islam on a risk behavior in Western nations (Islam & Johnson, 2003).…”

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Prevalence of Risk Behaviors among U.S. Muslim College Students

Ahmed¹,

Abu-Ras²,

Arfken³

2014

Journal of Muslim Mental Health

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“…Females in developing countries are reported to have a much lower prevalence of smoking (3.1%) compared to male smoking prevalence (32%) 17 . However, care should be taken when investigating epidemiological aspects of smoking in relation to gender due to denial behavior of some females, in conservative societies, who withhold information regarding their smoking in reaction to societal disapproval 18 . Furthermore, new trends of tobacco use are attracting the female populations, particularly in developing countries 19,20 .…”

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Tobacco cessation support among dentists: A cross-sectional survey in Saudi Arabia and Kuwait

Alajmi¹,

Abu‐Hammad²,

Al-Sharrad³

et al. 2017

Tob. Prev. Cessation

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INTRODUCTION This study aims to explore the smoking prevalence among a sample of dentists working in two Gulf countries, and to assess the association between smoking habit and socioprofessional factors affecting their attitude towards tobacco cessation activities, including barriers that prevent them from practicing such activities. METHODS This was a cross-sectional, online questionnaire-based, survey among dentists from Saudi Arabia and Kuwait, during summer 2016. The questionnaire consisted of questions on socio-professional characteristics, tobacco use and attitudes towards the adoption of tobacco cessation programs in dental practices. The questionnaire also enquired about the barriers to adoption of tobacco cessation. Descriptive statistics were used to describe demographic and smoking characteristics while cross tabulation with chi-square test was used to find out statistical significance of association between the groups (P 0.05). RESULTS A total number of 466 responses were included in statistical analysis with 286 males (61.4%) and 180 females (38.6%), age ranged from 23 to 79 years (mean=32.7 9.32). Most of the sample (N=437, 93.8%) indicated that the dentist has a vital role in educating patients on the health hazards of smoking. A positive attitude toward adoption of tobacco cessation campaigns was associated with older, more experienced, medically compromised, non-smoker dentists. The most frequently cited barrier to tobacco cessation was lack of time (39.2%). CONCLUSIONS Dentists who smoke are less likely to adopt smoking cessation campaigns in their clinics. More experienced dentists and those older than 40 years are more likely to engage in smoking cessation activities.

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“…Most of the participants (65.7%) grew up in homes with fathers who smoked cigarettes. Similarly, exclusive water-pipe smoking prevalence was high (44.2%) in this sample as well dual-smoking prevalence (e.g., smoking cigarettes and water-pipe) (55.8%) [42]. Similar to the reported prevalence of cigarette smoking, more male participants (66.6%) reported exclusive cigarette smoking than female participants (31.4%) while both groups reported experimenting with water-pipe smoking as young as 12 years of age In another study that examined smoking behaviors in 823 pregnant Arab American women who participated in the low-income nutritional supplemental program Women, Infants, and Children during the year 2002 in Michigan, 6% of the sample reported smoking while being pregnant [46].…”

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“…Ancestry searches were used to identify any relevant studies that were not detected by the primary search. Because water-pipe smoking is a highly-prevalent behavior among Arabs and Arab Americans (practiced by an estimated 17% to 44.2% of this population) [10,41,42], studies that included water-pipe smoking or exclusively looked at water-pipe smoking behaviors among Arab Americans were also included. In addition, studies that included both adolescents and adults were included in this review.…”

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