Smoking status in Iranian male adolescents: A cross-sectional study and a meta-analysis

Nazarzadeh, Milad; Bidel, Zeinab; Ayubi, Erfan; Bahrami, Abolfazl; Jafari, Fatemeh; Mohammadpoorasl, Asghar; Delpisheh, Ali; Taremian, Farhad

doi:10.1016/j.addbeh.2013.01.018

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“…However, smoking students were found to be higher than those of Cukurova University (22%), Ataturk University (26%), Ondokuz Mayıs University (24%), Gazi University (29%), Dicle University (14%) and Dokuz Eylul University (24%) Medical Faculty students (15). This finding is similar to the findings regarding adolescent smoking rates in Turkey and Iran (19, 20). Students who did not smoke were more successful than those who did.…”

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Variables Affecting Medical Faculty Students’ Achievement: A Mersin University Sample

Őğenler¹,

Selvi²

2014

Iran Red Crescent Med J

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Background:Training provided in medical faculties is mainly composed of two phases: preclinical and clinical. Preclinical period, or the first three years, consists of theoretical classes and practical implementations to develop vocational skills. In the clinical period, students are given applied courses.Objectives:This study aimed to determine the role of demographic characteristics and medical students’ life habits on their academic achievement.Patients and Methods:For this purpose, a 20-item survey form with two sections developed by the researchers was used. Students were also asked to identify the averages of committee exams as the academic achievement indicator. Participating students (n = 287) were from Mersin University Medical Faculty during 2012-2013 session.Results:Totally, 60.3% of the students were males with an average age of 21.16 ± 1.39, and their general grade point average was 63.39 ± 9.08. Students in their second year (P = 0.000), who were females (P = 0.000), graduated from Anatolian Teachers High Schools (P = 0.002), financially well off (P = 0.026), stayed in state hostels (P = 0.032), did not smoke (P = 0.042) and regularly did sports (P = 0.016) were significantly more successful compared to others.Conclusions:Students’ socioeconomic resources and habits play roles on academic achievement. Solutions that incorporate economic support which can eliminate negative situations leading to inequality of opportunity among students would increase students' achievement.

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Variables Affecting Medical Faculty Students’ Achievement: A Mersin University Sample

Őğenler¹,

Selvi²

2014

Iran Red Crescent Med J

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“…More effective communication strategies for tobacco control with a focus on changing this attitude among students are urgently needed in Viet Nam. The inverse relationship between negative attitude towards smoking and the likelihood of becoming a weekly smoker that was consistently reported among Iranian and Malaysian adolescents (Nazarzdeh et al, 2013;Caszo et al, 2015) also supports this implication.…”

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“…Previous studies on smoking adolescents in Asian countries identified that intrapersonal factors associated with adolescent smoking include lower levels of knowledge on the hazards of smoking among adolescents in China (Yan et al, 2014), positive attitudes towards smoking among Iranian adolescents (Nazarzdeh et al, 2013). In Malaysia, Lim et al also found that adolescents with better knowledge on the hazards of smoking and negative attitudes towards smoking were less likely to smoke (Lim et al, 2015).…”

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Knowledge and Attitude Towards Tobacco Smoking among 13-15 Year-Old School Children in Viet Nam - Findings from GYTS 2014

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Kiên²,

Giang³

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Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention

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Studies have shown that smoking is a learnt behavior, often initiated during adolescence. This paper aims to describe tobacco-related knowledge, attitude and associations among school adolescents aged 13-15 with exposure to anti-smoking information. Using data from the Global Youth Tobacco Survey (GYTS) in Viet Nam, 2014, knowledge was measured through 4 questions about tobacco use, and attitude was assessed through 3 questions on personal, social and environmental aspects. Students giving most anti-tobacco responses to all questions were considered as having correct knowledge or appropriate attitude or both. Access to anti-smoking information was determined by exposure to any media messages on tobacco control during the past 30 days and teaching in school about the danger of tobacco use during the past 12 months. A substantial percentage of students thought that being near others who smoke might be harmful to them and smoking is harmful to health (89.4% and 89.6% respectively). However, only 46.4% reported that it is definitely difficult to quit smoking and 66.9% thought that smoking for only 1 or 2 years, once stopped, is harmful to health. Slightly more than half of the respondents reported appropriate attitude that young smokers have fewer friends than others and smoking makes them less attractive and less comfortable at social events. Noticing anti-smoking messages in the media together with having lessons in school about the dangers of tobacco substantially increased the likelihood of having correct knowledge, appropriate attitude and both. Despite relatively high awareness about smoking harms, effective educational communication is still highly needed to improve the level of comprehensive knowledge and an appropriate attitude regarding tobacco use.

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“…[16] In another study which was conducted on 1064 male students in Zanjan (Northwest of Iran), almost 23.4% were experimenter and 10.8% were regular smoker. [17] In a cross-sectional study on 19–25-year-old youngsters of the Isfahan and Najaf-Abad cities, 11.8% of them smoked. [18] Compared with what has internationally been reported, the prevalence of adolescent cigarette smoking in our study was considerably small.…”

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Estimating the transitional probabilities of smoking stages with cross-sectional data and 10-year projection for smoking behavior in Iranian adolescents

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Background:Cigarette smoking is one of the most important health-related risk factors in terms of morbidity and mortality. In this study, we introduced a new method for deriving the transitional probabilities of smoking stages from a cross-sectional study and simulated a long-term smoking behavior for adolescents.Methods:In this study in 2010, a total of 4853 high school students were randomly selected and were completed a self-administered questionnaire about cigarette smoking. We used smoothed age- and sex-specific prevalence of smoking stages in a probabilistic discrete event system for estimating of transitional probabilities. A nonhomogenous discrete time Markov chain analysis was used to model the progression of the smoking in 10 years ahead in the same population. The mean age of the students was 15.69 ± 0.73 years (range: 14–19).Results:The smoothed prevalence proportion of current smoking varies between 3.58 and 26.14%. The age-adjusted odds of initiation in boys is 8.9 (95% confidence interval [CI]: 7.9–10.0) times of the odds of initiation of smoking in girls. Our study predicted that the prevalence proportion of current smokers increased from 7.55% in 2010 to 20.31% (95% CI: 19.44–21.37) for 2019.Conclusions:The present study showed a moderately but concerning prevalence of current smoking in Iranian adolescents and introduced a novel method for estimation of transitional probabilities from a cross-sectional study. The increasing trend of cigarette use among adolescents indicated the necessity of paying more attention to this group.

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Smoking status in Iranian male adolescents: A cross-sectional study and a meta-analysis

Cited by 36 publications

References 25 publications

Variables Affecting Medical Faculty Students’ Achievement: A Mersin University Sample

Variables Affecting Medical Faculty Students’ Achievement: A Mersin University Sample

Knowledge and Attitude Towards Tobacco Smoking among 13-15 Year-Old School Children in Viet Nam - Findings from GYTS 2014

Estimating the transitional probabilities of smoking stages with cross-sectional data and 10-year projection for smoking behavior in Iranian adolescents

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