title: Smoking among male medical sciences students in Semnan, Islamic Republic of Iran.
abstract: We determined the prevalence of smoking among 320 male medical sciences students (174 studying for a medical degree, 95 a bachelor degree and 51 a associate degree) in Semnan, Islamic Republic of Iran. A self-administrated, anonymous questionnaire was used. The prevalence of smoking was 14.4%; 45.6% of the smokers started smoking between the ages of 18 and 20 years, 43.5% starting at university. There was no significant difference in the prevalence between students undertaking different college degrees and also those having different types of accommodation. However the smoking behaviour of friends and family was significantly correlated with smoking in the students. Smoking amongst medical sciences students, who will become the health professionals of the future, needs to be addressed.
authors.affiliation: Nursing Faculty, Islamic Azad University of Dezfool, Khuzestan, Islamic Republic of Iran. Nazary_ali@yahoo.com
authors.forename: A A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Nazary
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Ahmadi
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Vaismoradi
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kaviani
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Arezomandi
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Faghihzadeh
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D017677:Age Distribution; D001294:Attitude to Health; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005190:Family / Q000523:psychology; D033062:Friends / Q000523:psychology; D015438:Health Behavior; D006306:Health Surveys; D006801:Humans; D007492:Iran / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D008571:Men / Q000523:psychology; D011159:Population Surveillance; D015995:Prevalence; D012111:Residence Characteristics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D017678:Sex Distribution; D012907:Smoking / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000523:psychology; D013336:Students, Health Occupations / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014495:Universities