Khedrawi, A., Alshammari, M., Mabrouk, S., Alghamdi, T., Elsayed, A., Rayes, L., Majrashi, B., Altun, S., Al-Gh amdi, A., Almanzalawi, A., Alshihri, N., Atiah, A., Betrah, Q., Mousli, A., Alsarraj, N., Alqarni, M., Srougi, S., Alharbi, A., Alzahrani, A., Alshehri, Z. (2016). Study of Smoking among Females Students in Ibn Sina National Medical College. The Egyptian Journal of Hospital Medicine, 65(1), 709-723. doi: 10.12816/0033787
Amoutazbillah Abdurahman Khedrawi; Maha Ali Alshammari; Saleha Hamed Mabrouk; Tarnim Muhsen Alghamdi; Alaa Ahmed Mohamed Elmorsy Elsayed; Lujain Osama Rayes; Banan Mohammad Ali Majrashi; Sefa Mehmet Emin Altun; Abdulmajeed Abdullah Al-Gh amdi; Abdullah Labib Almanzalawi; Nedaa Hassan Alshihri; Ahmed Yousef Atiah; Qamar Omar Betrah; Alaa Hassan Mousli; Nawaf Faiq Alsarraj; Mohamed Awad Alqarni; Sultan Mohammad Srougi; Ahmed Abdulrahman Alharbi; Ahmed Fahad Alzahrani; Zaher Saleh Alshehri. "Study of Smoking among Females Students in Ibn Sina National Medical College". The Egyptian Journal of Hospital Medicine, 65, 1, 2016, 709-723. doi: 10.12816/0033787
Khedrawi, A., Alshammari, M., Mabrouk, S., Alghamdi, T., Elsayed, A., Rayes, L., Majrashi, B., Altun, S., Al-Gh amdi, A., Almanzalawi, A., Alshihri, N., Atiah, A., Betrah, Q., Mousli, A., Alsarraj, N., Alqarni, M., Srougi, S., Alharbi, A., Alzahrani, A., Alshehri, Z. (2016). 'Study of Smoking among Females Students in Ibn Sina National Medical College', The Egyptian Journal of Hospital Medicine, 65(1), pp. 709-723. doi: 10.12816/0033787
Khedrawi, A., Alshammari, M., Mabrouk, S., Alghamdi, T., Elsayed, A., Rayes, L., Majrashi, B., Altun, S., Al-Gh amdi, A., Almanzalawi, A., Alshihri, N., Atiah, A., Betrah, Q., Mousli, A., Alsarraj, N., Alqarni, M., Srougi, S., Alharbi, A., Alzahrani, A., Alshehri, Z. Study of Smoking among Females Students in Ibn Sina National Medical College. The Egyptian Journal of Hospital Medicine, 2016; 65(1): 709-723. doi: 10.12816/0033787
Study of Smoking among Females Students in Ibn Sina National Medical College
2Battarjee Medical College For Science And Technology
3Ibn Sina National Medical College
4King Abdul-Aziz Hospital & Oncology Center
5Kings Abdul-Aziz University
Abstract
Background: prevention of smoking is a key strategy to improve general health. However, survey data from Jeddah, Saudi Arabia have indicated that a large number of female medical students are addicted to smoking despite the knowledge of its harmful effects. This article comparatively explores the impact of smoking on health among female medical students in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Data were collected as part of a program of qualitative and quantitative research investigating the prevalence of smoking among female medical students. Objectives:to study the prevalence of smoking among females in the college of ibn Sina and it is impact on their health in relation to personal and family character, CAP knowledge attitude and practice, and association of medical condition as chronic bronchitis and bronchial asthma. Methods:the study was conducted among female’s students attending college of ibn Sina-Jeddah-Saudi Arabia. An open-ended questionnaire was developed to cover the objectives. Conclusion: this study indicated that across the targeted sites, the descriptions made by female smokers about the harmful impact of smoking on their health were often vague. After assessment of the risk factor and variables that may increase prevalence of smoking among medical students, the prevalence of smoking was only 7.95% and used to practice smoking habit despite the knowledge of its side effects.