Background: This study aimed to determine the prevalence of smoking behaviors among students in Tehran University, Iran. Methods: This was a cross-sectional study on 400 participants of Tehran University. A self-administrated, anonymous questionnaire was used for data gathering. Findings: The mean age of students was 21.70 ± 2.73 years, and 92% of them were single. The prevalence of smoking was...

Background According to a survey on Canadian medical students’ smoking habits and beliefs, the key results show that the prevalence of smoking among the future healthcare professionals is high and they lack of tobacco-related education [1]. Last year a similar survey was conducted at Democritus University of Thrace [2]. Its findings show that there is difference in smoking habits between the tw...

OBJECTIVE Assess the impact of coronary events in smoking cessation habits, and study the association between smoking habits and coronary artery disease. METHODS With a clinical structured interview, three groups were selected (n = 68), from the patients of the Cardiology Service of Hospital Militar Principal. Sample 1 was composed by patients with stable, and unstable angina (n = 18), sample...

OBJECTIVE To compare the perceptions of youth in grades 5 to 9 and parents regarding their household environment relevant to smoking socialization. METHODS We conducted secondary analysis of the 2004/05 Canadian Youth Smoking Survey and corresponding parent survey, and used the McNemar Test to compare youth and parent responses. RESULTS Results showed statistically significant patterns of d...

Epidemiologic studies conducted to date have shown evidence of a causal relation between smoking and non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL) risk. However, previous studies did not account for passive smoking exposure in the never-smoking reference group. The California Teachers Study collected information about lifetime smoking and household passive smoking exposure in 1995 and about lifetime exposure to p...