PMID- 12379297
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20021219
LR  - 20220409
IS  - 0020-7489 (Print)
IS  - 0020-7489 (Linking)
VI  - 39
IP  - 8
DP  - 2002 Nov
TI  - Smoking habits and attitudes towards smoking among university students in Jordan.
PG  - 793-802
AB  - The aim of this study was to estimate the prevalence of smoking and to describe 
      the habits, attitudes, and practices related to smoking among students of Jordan 
      University of Science and Technology (JUST), Irbid, Jordan. Students (n = 650) 
      were recruited in randomly selected, cluster samples drawn from the medical and 
      engineering colleges of JUST. They were made familiar with a modified Arabic 
      version of the World Health Organisation Smoking Questionnaire and the Attitudes 
      towards Smoking Questionnaire to study their habits, attitudes, and beliefs in 
      relation to smoking. The study revealed that the prevalence of smoking was 28.6% 
      (50.2% among males and 6.5% among females). Friends, not family, were the main 
      source of the first smoking, and this most often occurred after 15 years of age 
      (82.3%). Males preferred smoking in the cafeteria, females in the bathroom. The 
      main advantage of smoking for males was calming down, while for females it was 
      independence. Non-smokers chose not to smoke because of health and hatred of the 
      habit. The non-smokers had more positive attitudes against smoking and were more 
      aware of the adverse effects of smoking. The reasons smokers gave for starting 
      smoking were pleasure, followed by stress and curiosity. Two-thirds of smokers 
      intended to quit smoking in the future. Some smokers disagreed with some 
      criticisms against smoking, and reasons why they did not want to quit included 
      social attitudes, addiction, and not knowing how to quit. Results of this study 
      may provide baseline data to develop an anti-smoking program in the university 
      and encourage policy makers to limit smoking in the university by strengthening 
      the policies against smoking.
CI  - Copyright 2002 Elsevier Science Ltd.
FAU - Haddad, Linda G
AU  - Haddad LG
AD  - Faculty of Nursing, Jordan University of Science and Technology, PO Box 3030, 
      Irbid 11220, Jordan. linda@just.edu.jo
FAU - Malak, Malakeh Z
AU  - Malak MZ
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PL  - England
TA  - Int J Nurs Stud
JT  - International journal of nursing studies
JID - 0400675
SB  - IM
MH  - Adult
MH  - Cluster Analysis
MH  - Family Characteristics
MH  - Female
MH  - Health Education/organization & administration
MH  - Humans
MH  - Jordan/epidemiology
MH  - Male
MH  - Prevalence
MH  - Sex Factors
MH  - Smoking/*epidemiology/*psychology
MH  - Smoking Prevention
MH  - Socioeconomic Factors
MH  - Students
MH  - Surveys and Questionnaires
MH  - Universities
EDAT- 2002/10/16 04:00
MHDA- 2002/12/20 04:00
CRDT- 2002/10/16 04:00
PHST- 2002/10/16 04:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2002/12/20 04:00 [medline]
PHST- 2002/10/16 04:00 [entrez]
AID - S0020748902000160 [pii]
AID - 10.1016/s0020-7489(02)00016-0 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Int J Nurs Stud. 2002 Nov;39(8):793-802. doi: 10.1016/s0020-7489(02)00016-0.