Miri-Moghaddam Masoud, Shahrakipour Mahnaz, Nasseri Saeed, Miri-Moghaddam Ebrahim
Student Research Centre, Faculty of Dentistry, Zahedan University of Medical Sciences, Zahedan, Iran.
Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, Oral and Dental Disease Research Centre, Health Faculty, Zahedan University of Medical Sciences, Zahedan, Iran.
Cent Eur J Public Health. 2019 Sep;27(3):188-194. doi: 10.21101/cejph.a5615.
Smoking of water pipe (WP) and cigarettes has recently turned into a major global health burden. The present study aimed at assessing WP and cigarette smoking among Zahedan University of Medical Sciences (ZUMS) students in Iran.
A cross-sectional survey was conducted on 500 students in ZUMS (182 males, 318 females). The subjects were selected through randomized cluster sampling. Morgan's chart was applied to calculate the sample size; 96.6% of the attendees completed a questionnaire designed to address the aims of the study.
The mean age of the subjects was 21.2 ± 2.4 years. WP and cigarette smoker rates were at 31.2% and 15.2%, respectively. The age of smoking initiation ranged between 15 and 20 years. Friends played crucial roles in triggering the smoking in both groups of WP and cigarette smokers (78% and 54%, respectively). The main reasons for WP and cigarette smoking were entertainment followed by curiosity. Furthermore, males used more cigarette (26.5 vs. 8.7%) and WP (50.6 vs. 20.4%) than females. Among father and mother smokers, respectively, 54.2% and 60% of children were also WP smokers (p = 0.001). Also, 21.9% and 60% of children smoking cigarettes had father and mother smokers, respectively (p = 0.05).
Tobacco use, especially for WP seems to be at alarming rates among medical students in Iran. It is highly recommended to control the progressive prevalence of WP smoking by governmental/academic preventive measures as educational and smoking cessation activities.
水烟和香烟吸食最近已成为一项重大的全球健康负担。本研究旨在评估伊朗扎黑丹医科大学（ZUMS）学生中的水烟和香烟吸食情况。
对ZUMS的500名学生（182名男性，318名女性）进行了横断面调查。通过随机整群抽样选择研究对象。应用摩根图表计算样本量；96.6%的参与者完成了一份旨在实现研究目标的问卷。
研究对象的平均年龄为21.2±2.4岁。水烟和香烟吸食率分别为31.2%和15.2%。开始吸烟的年龄在15至20岁之间。朋友在引发水烟吸食者和香烟吸食者两组吸烟行为中都起到了关键作用（分别为78%和54%）。吸食水烟和香烟的主要原因是娱乐，其次是好奇。此外，男性吸食香烟（26.5%对8.7%）和水烟（50.6%对20.4%）的比例高于女性。在父亲和母亲吸烟的人群中，分别有54.2%和60%的孩子也是水烟吸食者（p = 0.001）。同样，吸烟的孩子中分别有21.9%和60%的父亲和母亲吸烟（p = 0.05）。
在伊朗医科学生中，烟草使用，尤其是水烟使用似乎达到了惊人的比例。强烈建议通过政府/学术预防措施，如教育和戒烟活动，来控制水烟吸食的日益流行。
