ôbjective: ït is well known that tobacco smoking is a major preventable cause of morbidity and mortality. üse of smokeless tobacco such as paan, nass, gutka, and tumbaku is common in south and southeast âsia but not in ïran, where it is not considered as a normal cultural habit. methods: â cross-sectional study was carried out in five colleges of sistan baloochestan, the southeastern province o...

conclusions the findings of this study indicated that all tpb variables are useful tools for prediction of the smoking behaviors among students. particularly, students’ perceived behavioral control and attitudes towards smoking were found to be important determinants of smoking intentions. thus, the findings could be used for planning effective tobacco control programs targeting university stud...

background: training medical students in tobacco prevention and cessation skills is critical to have competent physicians who are prepared to address the grave levels of morbidity and mortality associated with tobacco use. medical students should possess adequate knowledge of the risks of tobacco use and acquire appropriate skills for helping their patients in smoking prevention and cessation. ...

background: tobacco smoking is the leading cause of preventable mortality. the prevalence of smoking in adolescents in high schools ranges from 23.5% to 41%, respectively. in colombia, these figures are similar and students entering the university are exposed to initiate smoking. the purpose of this study was to establish the determinants associated with the initiation of tobacco smoking among ...

background: with regard to the willing and starting tobacco smoking among young people in iran. the aim of the study was to model the underlying factors in predicting the behavior of tobacco smoking among employed youth and students in iran. methods: in this analytical cross-sectional study, based on a random cluster sampling were recruited 850 high school students, employed and unemployed yout...

Tobacco use is the leading cause of preventable disease and death in the United States; if current smoking rates continue, 5.6 million Americans aged <18 years who are alive today are projected to die prematurely from smoking-related disease. Tobacco use and addiction mostly begin during youth and young adulthood. CDC and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) analyzed data from the 2011-2015 N...

background: smoking within students community of the medical sciences can negatively impact the attitudes of the society in future. the objectives of this study were to assess the prevalence and trends of smoking among students of tehran university of medical sciences. method: this study was conducted in four consecutive years from 2006 to 2009. the study sample was taken from the first- to fou...

OBJECTIVE To assess tobacco use among Massachusetts public college students and compare students who attended high school in Massachusetts and were exposed to the Massachusetts Tobacco Control Program (MTCP) with students who attended high school outside Massachusetts and were unexposed to the programme. DESIGN Analysis of the 1999 Massachusetts College Alcohol Survey. SETTING Four year pub...