Prevalence of Smoking among the Preparatory School Students in AL-Hamdaniya District / Nineveh Governorate

Abstract

Background: smoking is the most common problem that invasion the schools and affect the students. Depending on the several studies and reports, there is a high prevalence smoking between school students. 

Aims of this study: to estimate the prevalence of smoker students in preparatory schools in AL- Hamdaniya district with some variables. 

Patients and Methods: A descriptive study was applied to estimate the prevalence of smoker students in preparatory schools in AL- Hamdaniya and find the effect of smoking by other variable. The study starts from 10st of March 2012 up to the 25 May 2012. Four preparatory schools in AL- Hamdaniya district, the tools consist variably of age, gender, marital status, residence of smoking and type of style. Descriptive statistical analysis is used of frequency. 

Results: The study indicate that there increase in number of student that use mixed type of smoking cigarettes and Hubble babble and students who smoke less than 10 cigarettes are more than other quantity. 

Recommendation: The study emphasis on the teacher role in health education especially on identifying the risk of cigarette smoking and relating to the disease, Issuing poster related to the dangerous of tobacco and demonstration of disease related on.