BackgroundOccasional smoking is defined as any smoking occurring on a less than daily basis. Social smoking, i.e. smoking primarily in social contexts, is a sub-group of occasional smoking. Data on occasional cigarette smoking and the subset of social smoking among third level students are limited.
Objectives(1) To determine prevalence of occasional/social smoking among third level students in an Irish university; (2) to evaluate students' attitudes to occasional/social smoking, including perceived benefits and harm;(3) to explore when students commenced occasional/social smoking, their reasons and continued smoking habits; and (4) to determine any influence of other factors, e.g. alcohol consumption, on occasional/social smoking.
MethodsAn anonymous online survey was distributed to undergraduates and postgraduates, using SurveyMonkey. Data were analysed in Microsoft Excel.
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