Prevalence of smoking among universities students of Shahroud in 2010

Saeid Nazemi, Reza Chaman

Department of Basic Sciences, School of Medicine, Shahroud University of Medical Science, Shahroud, Ian.
Department of Environmental Health, Faculty of Health, Shahroud University of Medical Science, Shahroud, Iran.

DOI: 10.4236/ojpm.2012.22034                

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.

Keywords

Prevalence; Smoking; Students; Shahroud Insert

Conflicts of Interest

The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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