Exposure to household secondhand smoke among
adolescents in Kuwait: Results from two school-based
cross-sectional studies

Ziyab, Ali H.; Almari, Mohammad; Al-Taiar, Abdullah

doi:10.18332/tid/119116

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“…However, SHS exposure at home in the present study (67%) was lower than Indonesia (85.4%) [ 16 ], but higher than Taiwan (46.7%) [ 19 ], Kuwait (45.8%) [ 20 ], Macao (41.3%) [ 9 ], and also higher than the average of international studies (30.4%) conducted by Veeranki et al [ 21 ] in 168 countries between 1999 and 2008. Exposure to SHS at home was substantially high among adolescents in rural Taiwan.…”

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The Negative Impact of Parental Smoking on Adolescents’ Health-Promoting Behaviors: A Cross-Sectional Study

Chen

2021

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The literature has indicated that adolescents’ exposure to secondhand smoke (SHS) and having smoking parents were positively associated with current tobacco smoking. Few studies have explored the association between parental smoking and adolescent’s health-promoting behaviors. This study aimed to examine the prevalence of SHS and the relationship between parental smoking at home and adolescent’s health-promoting behaviors in rural areas. Methods: A school-based and cross-sectional study was conducted from March to December 2019 in western coastal Yunlin County, Taiwan. A total of 1227 adolescents, including 51% boys, anonymously participated in this study. Three parental smoking situations and eight questions of adolescents’ habits extracted from previous studies were applied. A linear regression model was used to analyze the factors associated with adopting health-promoting behaviors. Results: More than half (67.7%) of adolescents experienced parental smoking at home, 90.2% reported their family smoked around them, and 48.8% of participants “sometimes” or “never” avoided SHS. Many participants showed a low frequency of water (49.6%), vegetable (49.1%), and fruit (63.2%) intake, using dental floss (84.7%), and regular exercise (60.6%). The determinants of adolescents’ health-promoting scores were highly associated with avoidance of SHS, less associated with parental smoking, and parents smoking at home and around adolescents. Conclusion: The findings showed that in the rural area, a high prevalence of parental smoking at home and parental smoking around adolescents was noted. It is an important issue that parental smoking was negatively associated with adolescent’s health-promoting behaviors.

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The Negative Impact of Parental Smoking on Adolescents’ Health-Promoting Behaviors: A Cross-Sectional Study

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2021

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“…In Kuwait, a study conducted on high-school students ( n = 746) revealed that the prevalence of environmental tobacco smoke at home was 54%, which is higher than that in our estimate (38.6%) (Abdualrasool et al 2018 ). Moreover, another study from Kuwait reported that 45.8% ( n = 3836) of middle-school students and 51.6% ( n = 1936) of high-school students were exposed to secondhand smoke at home (Ziyab et al 2020 ). Authors stated that low socioeconomic status or low parental education were associated with high household secondhand smoke prevalence (Ziyab et al 2014 ).…”

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Prevalence of smoking in the Kuwaiti adult population in 2014: a cross-sectional study

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The study objective was to assess tobacco smoking prevalence in Kuwaiti adults in relation to sociodemographic characteristics. A cross-sectional study survey was conducted in 2014 on 3917 Kuwaiti citizens (18–69 years) following the World Health Organization (WHO) STEPwise Approach to Surveillance (STEPS) methodology. The study assessed prevalence of self-reported ever-smoking or currently smoking tobacco products and exposure to secondhand smoke in relation to demographic and smoking-related characteristics. The prevalence of “ever smoker” in men and women was 49.9% and 4.4%, respectively, whereas the prevalence of “current smoker” was 39.2% and 3.3%, respectively. Sex (adjusted OR [AOR], 19.2 [95% confidence interval (CI) 13.0–28.3], male versus female) was significantly associated with current smoking. Among daily smokers, 87.1% used manufactured cigarettes. The average daily number of manufactured cigarettes for men and women was 21.8 and 13.0, respectively. Mean age at smoking initiation was 17.5 years (95% CI 17.2–17.9). The prevalence of secondhand smoke at home and work was 38.6% and 29.9%, respectively. Half of Kuwaiti men have smoked at some point in their life with most of these being current smokers. Secondhand smoke is a common exposure at home and work, posing serious health risks to the population.

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“…It is estimated that one-third of the Kuwaiti population are smokers [14], and 54% of the adolescents get exposed to ETS at homes [15]. Another recent study from Kuwait reported high prevalence of ETS exposure at home among the students enrolled in the middle schools (45.8%) and the high schools (51.6%) [16]. To minimize ETS exposure in Kuwait, the public health authorities regularly conduct educational campaigns through electronic and print media and has banned the use of tobacco products in public places, such as malls, public offices, public gardens, etc.…”

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Exposure to environmental tobacco smoke and prevalence of asthma among adolescents in a middle eastern country

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Background: There is increasing evidence linking environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) exposure at homes to the development of asthma among adolescents. Few studies have addressed this issue in the Middle Eastern countries including Kuwait. Therefore, this cross-sectional study assessed the prevalence of ETS exposure at home, prevalence of asthma and other respiratory conditions and examined the ETS exposure at home and personal tobacco smoking as risk factors for self-reported asthma among high-school students in Kuwait. Methods: In this cross-sectional study, we enrolled participants from nine high-schools of Hawally Governorate of Kuwait during October 2015. We adapted a previously validated self-administered questionnaire for data collection. Prevalence of self-reported asthma and ETS exposure (≥ 1 smoker at home vs. none) were computed. The association between exposures of interest and self-reported asthma status was examined using a multivariable logbinomial regression model. Results: Of 800 enrolled participants, 746 (92.2%) consented and completed the questionnaire. The participants with mean (SD) age of 16.8 (0.68) years were predominantly Kuwaiti (74.8%) and female (50.1%). The prevalence of ETS exposure at home and personal current smoking was 54 and 12.4% respectively. Self-reported asthma prevalence was 20.5%. Furthermore, the prevalence of physician-diagnosed asthma, wheezing during the last 12 months and wheezing 'ever' was 16.4, 20.1 and 26.2%, respectively. Fitted multivariable log-binomial regression model revealed that compared with the non-asthmatic, participants with self-reported asthma tended to be current smokers (adjusted prevalence ratio (adjusted PR) = 1.82; 95% CI: 1.30-2.56; p = 0.001) or have had ETS exposure at home (adjusted PR = 1.64; 95% CI: 1.21-2.23; p = 0.002). Conclusions: We recorded a high prevalence of ETS exposure at home, high prevalence of self-reported asthma and identified ETS exposure at home and being a current smoker as strong risk factors for self-reported asthma among adolescents. Voluntary household smoking bans may substantially minimize the ETS exposure among adolescents. Additionally, such restriction may inculcate an antismoking attitude and prevent smoking initiation among adolescents. Such efforts may bring about reduction in ETS exposure and associated asthma risk and other smoking-related morbidities in this and other similar settings.

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Exposure to household secondhand smoke among adolescents in Kuwait: Results from two school-based cross-sectional studies

Cited by 17 publications

References 30 publications

The Negative Impact of Parental Smoking on Adolescents’ Health-Promoting Behaviors: A Cross-Sectional Study

The Negative Impact of Parental Smoking on Adolescents’ Health-Promoting Behaviors: A Cross-Sectional Study

Prevalence of smoking in the Kuwaiti adult population in 2014: a cross-sectional study

Exposure to environmental tobacco smoke and prevalence of asthma among adolescents in a middle eastern country

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