Changes in tobacco use among 13-15-year-olds between 1999 and 2007: findings from the Eastern Mediterranean Region

El-Awa, Fatimah; Warren, Charles W.; Jones, Nathan R.

doi:10.26719/2010.16.3.266

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“…We can locate very few studies that target this exact age group of Jordanian youth in order to compare our findings. (9,13). A recent study of 7th grade students (a younger cohort) in Irbid, Jordan also reported a lower prevalence of current smoking (7) compared with our study.…”

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“…In Egypt, the GYTS revealed that 4% of 13-15 year olds were current smokers in 2005 (13), a considerably lower figure than the 19.8% reported in Jordan by the same study. In the latest GYTS survey, Jordan ranked 4th from among 15 countries, (after Palestine West Bank, Syrian Arab Republic and Kuwait), with regard to the prevalence of current smoking (13).…”

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Smoking behaviour, knowledge and perceived susceptibility to lung cancer among secondaryschool students in Amman, Jordan

Shadid

Hossain

2015

Easter Mediterr Health J

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Smoking in Jordan is a serious problem as it affects almost all segments of society including children. This study aimed to evaluate the smoking behaviour of Jordanian secondary-school students (aged 16-18 years), their awareness of the dangers of smoking and their perceived susceptibility to lung cancer. Of the stratified random sample of students from Amman schools (n = 648), 43% were ever smokers (had smoked for 1 year) and 27.6% were current smokers, while 81% reported having a smoker in the family. Students in western Amman (higher socioeconomic status) and those who started smoking at a younger age demonstrated better knowledge about smoking-related consequences. Perceived susceptibility to lung cancer was significantly associated with sex, perceived seriousness of lung cancer and school location. Students' sex, socioeconomic status and the family environment were important factors that influenced students' smoking behaviour and risk perceptions and these findings have significant policy implications.

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Smoking behaviour, knowledge and perceived susceptibility to lung cancer among secondaryschool students in Amman, Jordan

Shadid

Hossain

2015

Easter Mediterr Health J

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“…23 Doğu Akdeniz ülkelerinde ergenlik çağındaki bazı çocukla-rın nargile içmesine izin verildiği, bazı ailelerin yemeklerden sonra nargileyi paylaştığı saptanmıştır. 32 Nargile ve açık tütün kullanımı, uyuşturucu almak gibi eğlence anlayışları-nın taşıdığı tehlikelerle karşılaştırıldığında güvenli bir sosyal aktivite aracı olarak lanse edilebilmektedir. Araştırma grubunda nargilenin kültürel yönünden hoşlananların çok olması, bu gibi kültürel ve sosyal etmenlere bağlanabilir.…”

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Determining the Factors Effecting the Cigarette, Narghile and Hand-rolled Tobacco Smoking Among Medical Technology Vocational Training School Students and Evaluation of their Opinions About Starting and Continuing with their Habits of Smoking

Hassoy¹,

Ergin²,

Davas³

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ÖZET Amaç: Bu çalışmanın amacı Ege Üniversitesi Atatürk SağlıkHizmetleri Meslek Yüksek Okulu (SHMYO) öğrencilerinde sigara, nargile ve sarma tütün içme sıklığını ve ilişkili faktörleri belirlemek, sigara içen ve içmeyen öğrencilerin, içmeyi tetikleyen ve devam etmeyi etkileyen nedenlerini, nargile ve sarma tütüne iliş-kin görüşlerini değerlendirmektir. Gereç ve Yöntem:Kesitsel olan araştırmaya 151 öğrenci dahil edilmiştir. Bağımsız değişkenler yaş, cinsiyet, lise tipi, anne baba eği-tim durumu, anne baba çalışma durumu, gelir ve gelir algısıdır. Sigara, nargile ve sarma tütün kullanımı, sigara içenlerin ve içme-yenlerin sigaraya başlama ve içmeye devam etme nedenleri ve nargile ile sarma tütün konusundaki görüşleri özbildirimle doldurulan anket ile sorgulanmıştır. Ki-kare analizinde sigara, nargile ve sarma tütün kullanımı ile ilişkili bulunan bağımsız değiş-kenler lojistik regresyon analizine alınmıştır.Bulgular: Sigara içme sıklığı %40,3'tür (erkek %57,1, kadın %35,1). Sigaraya başlama nedeni, başlamayı ve devam etmeyi etkileyen ortamlar açısından arkadaşların etkisi dikkati çekmektedir. Sigara içme riski arkadaşlarının sigara içmesiyle (10,1 kat), alkol kullanı-mıyla (7,8 kat), yaşla (1,7 kat) artmaktadır. Nargile içme riski ise alkol kullananlarda (7,8 kat) ve sigara içenlerde (7,1 kat) daha fazladır. Sarma tütünde de risk sigara içmeyle (6,3 kat), erkek olmayla (4,1 kat), arkadaşlarının sigara içmesiyle (3,4 kat) artmaktadır (p<0,05). ABST RACTAim: To determine the smoking prevalence and related factors for cigarette, narghile and hand-rolled tobacco among Ataturk Medical Technology Vocational Training School students and evaluate the opinions about factors which stimulate initiation and continuing.Material and Methods: 151 students were included in this crosssectional study. Independent variables were age, sex, type of high-school, parental education and working status, income and income perception. A self-administered questionnaire was used for cigarette, narghile, hand-rolled tobacco smoking, the factors to initiate and continue smoking, opinions about narghile and hand-rolled tobacco. The variables in relation with cigarette, narghile and hand-rolled tobacco smoking in c 2 tests were included in the logistic regression analysis. Results:Smoking prevalence was 40,3% (male 57,1%, female 35,1%). 'The effect of peers' was among the leading factors and environments to initiate and continue smoking. Cigarette smoking risk increased with having smoker peers (10,1 times), alcohol use (7,8 times), age (1,7 times). Narghile smoking risk was more among alcohol users (7,8 times) and cigarette smokers (7,1 times). Hand-rolled tobacco smoking risk increased for cigarette smokers (6,3 times), males (4,1 times), having smoker peers (3,4 times) (p<0,05). Solunum Dergisi t Hür Hassoy ve ark. 91

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“…Findings from the GYTS, that involved more than 90,000 Arab children (13-15 years old), indicated that waterpipe smoking surpassed cigarette smoking among youth (El-Awa et al, 2010;Warren et al, 2006). Jordan for instance, is one of the EMR countries that has higher prevalence of waterpipe smoking compared to cigarettes.…”

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“…Arab children (13-15 years old), the prevalence of waterpipe smoking surpassed that for cigarettes among youth (El-Awa et al, 2010;Warren et al, 2006). Nevertheless, most national and international tobacco control strategies are not specifically addressing this method of tobacco use (Maziak, 2011).…”

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Determinants of Waterpipe and Cigarette Smoking Progression among a School Based Sample of Adolescents in Irbid, Jordan: A Three-Year Longitudinal Study (2008-2011)

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Jordan (2008Jordan ( -2011. The grouped-time survival analysis showed that waterpipe smoking was associated with a higher risk of cigarette smoking initiation compared to never smokers (P < 0.001) and this association was dose dependent (P < 0.001). Predictors of cigarette smoking progression were peer smoking and attending public schools for boys, siblings' smoking for girls, and the urge to smoke for both genders. Predictors of waterpipe smoking progression were enrollment in public schools, frequent physical activity, and low refusal self-efficacy for boys, ever smoking cigarettes, friends' and siblings' waterpipe smoking for girls. Awareness of harms of waterpipe among boys and seeing warning labels on the tobacco packs by girls were protective against waterpipe smoking progression.vii In Conclusion, waterpipe can serve as a gateway to cigarette smoking initiation among adolescents. Waterpipe and cigarette smoking progressions among initiators were solely familyrelated among girls, and mainly peer-related among boys. The unique gender differences for both cigarette and waterpipe smoking among Jordanian adolescents in Irbid call for cultural and gender-specific smoking prevention interventions to prevent the progression of smoking among initiators.

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Changes in tobacco use among 13-15-year-olds between 1999 and 2007: findings from the Eastern Mediterranean Region

Cited by 41 publications

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Smoking behaviour, knowledge and perceived susceptibility to lung cancer among secondaryschool students in Amman, Jordan

Smoking behaviour, knowledge and perceived susceptibility to lung cancer among secondaryschool students in Amman, Jordan

Determining the Factors Effecting the Cigarette, Narghile and Hand-rolled Tobacco Smoking Among Medical Technology Vocational Training School Students and Evaluation of their Opinions About Starting and Continuing with their Habits of Smoking

Determinants of Waterpipe and Cigarette Smoking Progression among a School Based Sample of Adolescents in Irbid, Jordan: A Three-Year Longitudinal Study (2008-2011)

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