Religious Involvement and Cigarette Smoking among Iranian University Students

Nakhaee, Nouzar; Divsalar, Kouros; Jadidi, Nadjme

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“…In a study by Atkin et al interviewing 1330 randomly selected teenagers, among the various factors entering a logistic regression model, religious attendance or participation and positive peer role modeling showed the strongest inhibitive effects on smoking [58]. A study of 833 university students revealed that more frequent religious involvement was associated with a smaller likelihood of cigarette smoking (OR = 0.53, p < 0.01) along with high exam scores, even after controlling for baseline variables [55].…”

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Religion and Smoking: A Review of Recent Literature

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Nakhaee

2012

Int J Psychiatry Med

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Tobacco smoking and exposure to secondhand smoke are a major threat to human health worldwide. The effort to prevent tobacco use should be regarded as an important public health strategy. Given the significance of religion and spirituality in the daily life of more than 90% of the world's population, the relationship of religion and smoking should be seen as a critical research area. Religions are many and varied, but most value human well-being highly and so do not approve of tobacco use, even though they do not prohibit it entirely. In recent years, researchers have shown more interest in the subject of religion and health, including drug and tobacco use. Differences of focus and methodology notwithstanding, most studies have ascertained a deterrent role for religion as regards tobacco use, and several mechanisms have been proposed to explain the negative relationship between religion or spirituality and smoking. Many of the studies, however, suffer from shortcomings that need to be acknowledged and addressed, such as using nonstandard data-gathering tools, lack of a unified definition of religion or spirituality, and paucity of research in non-Christian and developing countries. Finally, the cross-sectional nature of many of the studies makes the meaningful interpretation of findings difficult.

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“…A number of studies on the relationship between religion and cigarette smoking portray a strong correlation, yet the majority of them are cross-sectional [35,[55][56][57][58].…”

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Religion and Smoking: A Review of Recent Literature

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Nakhaee

2012

Int J Psychiatry Med

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“…In addition, some studies reported that Muslims who were minorities in the countries in which they lived, also had higher rates of smoking (Islam and Johnson, 2005;Nierkens, Stronks, van Oel, de Vries, 2005). Nakhaee et al (Nakhaee, Divsalar, and Jadidi, 2009) concluded that religious activities may have a protective role against cigarette smoking among Muslim university students (Nakhaee et al, 2009). We aimed to evaluate the adverse effects and results of smoking cessation treatment during Ramadan.…”

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The Adverse Effects and Treatment Results of Smoking Cessation Pharmacotherapy During Fasting/Non-Fasting State

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Uysal

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“…Cigarette smoking and alcohol consumptions are two known risk factors for gastrointestinal (GI) cancers, especially upper GI. Fortunately, these are less frequent in Iran as a result of religious followings 8 , 9 . Cautionary smoking habits with consequent oral cancers are increased among women.…”

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Need for Geriatric Dentistry Training Programs in Iran

Mir

2013

Journal of Dental Education

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A shifting pattern from communicable diseases to the chronic noncommunicable diseases and increased life expectancy are being sensed throughout the world. Aged populations with multiple chronic diseases come up with their unique needs and require speciic attention to be challenged by the health systems. Neglected orodental facts among the elders and the dearth of speciic designated undergraduate and postgraduate courses of geriatric dentistry in Iran inevitably adversely affect the delivery of appropriate dental care service to elders by untrained dentists. In this article, a proposal for academic geriatric dentistry courses in Iran is introduced and highlighted with regards to elders' special needs.Arash Poorsattar Bejeh Mir is an Undergraduate Student, Dentistry School,

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Religious Involvement and Cigarette Smoking among Iranian University Students

Abstract: Religious activities may have a protective role against cigarette smoking among Muslim college students in the country.

Cited by 39 publications

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Religion and Smoking: A Review of Recent Literature

Religion and Smoking: A Review of Recent Literature

The Adverse Effects and Treatment Results of Smoking Cessation Pharmacotherapy During Fasting/Non-Fasting State

Need for Geriatric Dentistry Training Programs in Iran

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