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J Arak Uni Med Sci 1999, 2(7): 22-28 |
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Goharian V, Rajaei M S, Sadrnia S. The Prevalence of Cigarette Smoking and The Causes of Initiation of Boy Students in Arak University of Medical Sciences. J Arak Uni Med Sci 1999; 2 (7) :22-28
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1- School of Medicine, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran.
2- School of Medicine, Arak University of Medical Sciences, Arak, Iran.
2- School of Medicine, Arak University of Medical Sciences, Arak, Iran.
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The aim of this study is to determining the prevalence of cigarette smoking and the causes of initiation in boy students of medical science in Arak university. Declining of smoking depends to recognizing risk factors specially in young age group and the results of this study use to evaluate the plans. This descriptive study was done with convenience sampling and studied all boy medical students in Arak university with self-administered questionaires in 77-78 curiculum. This survey instrument contained age, course of study, passed semesters, smoking bahaviour family history, praying and living site .The smoker also answered to question about time of initiation, mean of cost family information and the number who giving up the habit of smikong. 98.7% (n=475) of students with mean of age 23.06 years answered to question 34.3% had smoking bahaviour. The prevalence of smoking was the lowest among those who were married and negative family history. The prevalence of smoking in students who prayed was 1.4 of others. The most common cause of initiation were being resident with friends, stress life and initiation. Lowering we must improve the "NAMAZ" task and marriage accompaniment with lowering stress life and teaching for friend selecting and determining a suitable pattern for students in Arak university.
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