Prevalence of Smoking and Its Associated Factors among University Staff
- Author:
AA Fasoro
;
L Rampal
;
MS Sherina
;
MS Salmiah
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Smoking;
prevalence;
factors associated;
University staff
- From:Malaysian Journal of Medicine and Health Sciences
2013;9(2):45-51
- CountryMalaysia
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
Globally, one person dies every six seconds as a result of tobacco use. This makes tobacco use the
cause of every one out of 10 deaths in adults and the single largest and leading cause of preventable
death in the world. The objective of this study was to determine the prevalence of smoking among
staff of Universiti Putra Malaysia. For the purpose of this study an analytical cross sectional study
design was used and a standardized, pre-tested, while a validated well-structured questionnaire was
used for data collection. The prevalence of smoking was found to be 10.0% (26.5% among males and
0.5% among females). In addition, signifi cant associations were found between smoking and gender,
religion, marital status, highest educational level, occupation, and family income (p < 0.05). In particular,
gender and educational level were signifi cant predictors of smoking. In conclusion, the prevalence of
smoking among university staff was shown to be considerably lower than that stated for the national
level. However, the University could aim at achieving zero prevalence in the years to come.
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