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dc.contributor.authorMandil, A.
dc.contributor.authorHussein, A.
dc.contributor.authorOmer, H.
dc.contributor.authorTurki, G.
dc.contributor.authorGaber, I.
dc.date.accessioned2014-06-17T08:14:38Z
dc.date.available2014-06-17T08:14:38Z
dc.date.issued2007EN
dc.identifier.issn1020-3397EN
dc.identifier.otherhttp://applications.emro.who.int/emhj/1306/13_6_2007_1449_1458.pdfEN
dc.identifier.urihttps://iris.who.int/handle/10665/117396
dc.description1449-1458EN
dc.description.abstractThis study aimed to estimate the prevalence, patterns and risk factors of tobacco consumption among a stratified random sample of students at University of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates [‎UAE]‎, during 2005. The overall reported smoking prevalence among 1057 sampled students was 15.1%; cigarette smokers were 9.4% and waterpipe smokers 5.6%. While women comprised only 8.9% of cigarette smokers, they were 26.2% of waterpipe smokers. Multiple linear regression analysis showed that the most important predictors for smoking among the students were: male sex, having a smoking friend, having a smoking family member [‎father/mother/both]‎, non-UAE nationality and older age. There is a need to intensify efforts to prevent young people from starting smoking and to help young smokers to stopEN
dc.language.isoenEN
dc.subjectSmokingEN
dc.subjectStudentsEN
dc.subjectAge DistributionEN
dc.subjectSex DistributionEN
dc.subjectPrevalenceEN
dc.subjectRisk FactorsEN
dc.subjectCross-Sectional StudiesEN
dc.subject.meshSmokingEN
dc.titleCharacteristics and risk factors of tobacco consumption among University of Sharjah students, 2005EN
dc.relation.ispartofjournalEMHJ - Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal, 13 (‎6)‎, 1449-1458, 2007


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