Smoking prevalence, exposure to secondhand smoke, and factors associated with smoking among medical, dental, and pharmacy students in a public university in Malaysia
Introduction Smoking among medical, dental, and pharmacy students is an issue in every university worldwide, which will impact future smoking cessation services as they are future healthcare providers. This study investigates the smoking prevalence, exposure to secondhand smoke, and factors associat...
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| description | Introduction
Smoking among medical, dental, and pharmacy students is an issue in
every university worldwide, which will impact future smoking cessation services
as they are future healthcare providers. This study investigates the smoking
prevalence, exposure to secondhand smoke, and factors associated with smoking
among medical, dental, and pharmacy students at a public university in Malaysia.
Methods
The self-administered online survey utilized in this cross-sectional study
was derived from the Global Health Professions Students Survey (GHPSS), which
involved medical, dental, and pharmacy students. A total of 328 participants
completed a questionnaire from June to August 2022, with a response rate of
91.1%.
Results
The overall smoking prevalence was 4.6% among the medical, dental, and
pharmacy students who participated in this study; 46.7% of current smokers
were exposed to secondhand smoke at home compared to 17.6% of non-smokers
(p=0.011); and 66.7% of smokers were exposed to secondhand smoke in public
compared to 40.3% of non-smokers (p=0.043). In all, 99.1% of respondents
supported the smoking ban and 46.7% of current smokers supported the smoking
ban in discos/bars/pubs, compared to 82.0% of non-smokers (p=0.002). Of the
participants, 96.6% received lessons on the danger of tobacco, and 65.5% received
smoking cessation training. Among factors associated with current smoking was
gender; male students had a 19-fold higher likelihood of smoking than female
students (adjusted odds ratio, AOR=19.25; 95% CI: 4.25–87.19, p<0.001). In
addition, home exposure to secondhand smoke was four times more common for
current smokers (OR=4.11; 95% CI: 1.43–11.79, p=0.009).
Conclusions
Although smoking prevalence was low among the students in this
study, there was a higher percentage of them exposed to secondhand smoke at
home and in public. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-aab68a1239584ae8aae57e41157795792025-01-24T15:27:00ZengEuropean PublishingTobacco Induced Diseases1617-96252024-07-0122July11110.18332/tid/185751185751Smoking prevalence, exposure to secondhand smoke, and factors associated with smoking among medical, dental, and pharmacy students in a public university in MalaysiaRashidi Mohamed0https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1735-2355Isa Naina-Mohamed1Jaya Kumar2Nadzmi Teh3Department of Family Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, National University of Malaysia, Bangi, MalaysiaDepartment of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, National University of Malaysia, Bangi, MalaysiaDepartment of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, National University of Malaysia, Bangi, MalaysiaDepartment of Family Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, National University of Malaysia, Bangi, MalaysiaIntroduction Smoking among medical, dental, and pharmacy students is an issue in every university worldwide, which will impact future smoking cessation services as they are future healthcare providers. This study investigates the smoking prevalence, exposure to secondhand smoke, and factors associated with smoking among medical, dental, and pharmacy students at a public university in Malaysia. Methods The self-administered online survey utilized in this cross-sectional study was derived from the Global Health Professions Students Survey (GHPSS), which involved medical, dental, and pharmacy students. A total of 328 participants completed a questionnaire from June to August 2022, with a response rate of 91.1%. Results The overall smoking prevalence was 4.6% among the medical, dental, and pharmacy students who participated in this study; 46.7% of current smokers were exposed to secondhand smoke at home compared to 17.6% of non-smokers (p=0.011); and 66.7% of smokers were exposed to secondhand smoke in public compared to 40.3% of non-smokers (p=0.043). In all, 99.1% of respondents supported the smoking ban and 46.7% of current smokers supported the smoking ban in discos/bars/pubs, compared to 82.0% of non-smokers (p=0.002). Of the participants, 96.6% received lessons on the danger of tobacco, and 65.5% received smoking cessation training. Among factors associated with current smoking was gender; male students had a 19-fold higher likelihood of smoking than female students (adjusted odds ratio, AOR=19.25; 95% CI: 4.25–87.19, p<0.001). In addition, home exposure to secondhand smoke was four times more common for current smokers (OR=4.11; 95% CI: 1.43–11.79, p=0.009). Conclusions Although smoking prevalence was low among the students in this study, there was a higher percentage of them exposed to secondhand smoke at home and in public.https://www.tobaccoinduceddiseases.org/Smoking-prevalence-exposure-to-secondhand-smoke-and-factors-associated-with-smoking,185751,0,2.htmlmedicaldentalpharmacysecondhand smoking |
| spellingShingle | Rashidi Mohamed Isa Naina-Mohamed Jaya Kumar Nadzmi Teh Smoking prevalence, exposure to secondhand smoke, and factors associated with smoking among medical, dental, and pharmacy students in a public university in Malaysia Tobacco Induced Diseases medical dental pharmacy secondhand smoking |
| title | Smoking prevalence, exposure to secondhand smoke, and factors associated with smoking among medical, dental, and pharmacy students in a public university in Malaysia |
| title_full | Smoking prevalence, exposure to secondhand smoke, and factors associated with smoking among medical, dental, and pharmacy students in a public university in Malaysia |
| title_fullStr | Smoking prevalence, exposure to secondhand smoke, and factors associated with smoking among medical, dental, and pharmacy students in a public university in Malaysia |
| title_full_unstemmed | Smoking prevalence, exposure to secondhand smoke, and factors associated with smoking among medical, dental, and pharmacy students in a public university in Malaysia |
| title_short | Smoking prevalence, exposure to secondhand smoke, and factors associated with smoking among medical, dental, and pharmacy students in a public university in Malaysia |
| title_sort | smoking prevalence exposure to secondhand smoke and factors associated with smoking among medical dental and pharmacy students in a public university in malaysia |
| topic | medical dental pharmacy secondhand smoking |
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