Fida Hashim R, Abdelmoneim Ismail
Family and Community Medicine Department, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
BMC Public Health. 2013 Oct 25;13:1010. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-13-1010.
This study was conducted to examine the prevalence of smoking and the smoking habits among male secondary school students in Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and to assess their knowledge and attitudes towards smoking.
A cross-sectional study was conducted in Jeddah, using a two-stage cluster sample that randomly selected four schools from 85 public secondary schools for males. Data were obtained through a self-administered questionnaire containing questions on personal background, smoking behavior, knowledge, and behavior and attitudes towards smoking. A total of 695 students responded to the questionnaires with an 87.4% response rate.
The age range of this student sample was 16-22 years. Two hundred fifty-eight (37%) of the study group were current smokers. The most common reasons given for smoking were personal choice (50.8%) and the peer pressure from smoker friends (32.8%). Many students researched the smoking hazards (68.1%), but only 47.6% knew about the bad effects of passive smoking. Two thirds of the smoking students wanted to quit smoking (63.2%), especially if suitable help was available, and 75.1% tried to quit. A third of the smoking students (36.8%) found it difficult to stop smoking in no-smoking areas.
A well-planned integrated antismoking campaign is urgently required, especially among students and teachers. Our study revealed that smoking prevalence was high, which will lead to future high smoking-related health problems if proper preventive measures are not taken accordingly.
本研究旨在调查沙特阿拉伯王国吉达市男中学生的吸烟率及吸烟习惯，并评估他们对吸烟的认识和态度。
在吉达市进行了一项横断面研究，采用两阶段整群抽样法，从85所公立男子中学中随机选取4所学校。通过一份自填式问卷获取数据，问卷内容包括个人背景、吸烟行为、对吸烟的认识以及对吸烟的行为和态度等问题。共有695名学生回复了问卷，回复率为87.4%。
该学生样本的年龄范围为16至22岁。研究组中有258人（37%）为当前吸烟者。吸烟的最常见原因是个人选择（50.8%）和来自吸烟朋友的同伴压力（32.8%）。许多学生研究过吸烟危害（68.1%），但只有47.6%的人知道被动吸烟的不良影响。三分之二的吸烟学生想戒烟（63.2%），特别是如果能得到适当帮助的话，并且75.1%的人曾尝试戒烟。三分之一的吸烟学生（36.8%）发现在无烟区很难戒烟。
迫切需要开展一项精心策划的综合性反吸烟运动，尤其是在学生和教师中。我们的研究表明吸烟率很高，如果不采取适当的预防措施，这将导致未来与吸烟相关的健康问题高发。
