100 subjects were enrolled in a randomized epidemiological survey on smoking habit. Results show a high rate of users of tobacco (49% subjects) despite of the large awareness (95.7%) of the harm of tobacco. The behavior of smoking in public environment, the intention of smoking cease is varied widely among the studied groups.
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Introduction: Water pipe use is becoming increasingly common among Iranian adolescents. This study examined the prevalence and predictors of water pipe use among public high schoolchildren aged 14-17 in Iran. Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted among 1st, 2nd and 3rd grade public high schoolchildren in Sanadaj City, capital of Kurdistan province of Iran during the academic year 2012-2013. Cluster sampling was used to select a sample from 8 public high schools. The data were collected using validated self-administrated questionnaire that included questions on water pipe use, socio-demographic characteristics, smoking-related knowledge, attitude toward smoking, normative believes regards perceived prevalence water pipe use among peer and adults, perception of harm, self-esteem and refusal skill. A multivariate logistic regression analysis was performed to assess predictors of water pipe use. Results: A total of 1837 students participated in this study. Students’ ages ranged from 14 to 17 years (mean age±15.09; SD±0.82 years). The overall prevalence of ever water pipe use was 36.2% (43.1% in male and 29.2% in female, (p<0.001). Age, gender, living arrangement, pocket money, academic grade, parental history of smoking, attitude, and normative believes regards perceived prevalence water pipe use among peer and adults were predictors of water pipe use among study participants. Conclusions: The overall prevalence of water pipe is high among high school children in Sanandaj. Age, gender, pocket money, academic grade, parents smoking, attitude toward smoking and normative believes were identified as the most important predictors increasing the risk of water pipe use in the studied students.
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KAP survey on passive smoking was carried out on 452 adults (>=15 years old) in Hai phong in 2003, the following main conclusions have been gained: -78.5% of the survey households with smokers and 67.9% of them smoking at home. Most of people knew the harms of active smoking (99.1%) and passive smoking (73.2%) but it is not enough because only some of them knew some diseases relating to smoking. More than 90% of smokers attemp to quit and 90.2% from the results of their health. 92.2% of them get information of tobaco hazards from the TV, mainly from VTV1 (54.2%). Some of the smokers have the behaviours decreasing the harm of tobacco smoke to others. Smoking outside the house is 34.5%.
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Random survey on 334 Raglai women in Khanh Son, Khanh Hoa age of 15-49 in 2003. Results showed that the smoking rate was 55.1% (95% CI: 49.6-60.5). Nicotin addiction was still low or very low. Smoking women are more likely to be malnutrion by three times than non-smoking women. 47% of respondents in the survey had intention of giving up smoking. Meanwhile, the knowledge about smoking damage was still limited.
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