Rufaida Mubaraka¹, Mahmuda Ansari², Rabeya Yasmin³, Mainul Alam Chaklader⁴ and Mahmud Hossain Faruquee³*

¹Department of Community Medicine, Ashian Medical college, Bangladesh
²Department of Community Medicine, Popular medical college, Bangladesh
³Department of occupational and Environmental health, Bangladesh University of Health Sciences, Bangladesh
⁴Department of Community Medicine,Bangladesh Medical College, Bangladesh

*Corresponding Author: Mahmud Hossain Faruquee, Department of Community Medicine, Bangladesh Medical College, Bangladesh.

Received: January 17, 2022; Published: May 19, 2022

Abstract

The purpose of this cross-sectional study was to find out initiation and quit of smoking habit among the university level students of Bangladesh. A total of 374 Bangladeshi university students, aged 18-26, enrolled in this study. Among the students’ females were 191 who were never smoker, out of 183 male students 107 (58.47%) were smoker. The majority (91.3%) of the smoker and ever smoker-initiated smoking under influence of their friends. The majority (62.9%) of the smoker and ever smoker-initiated smoking under the age of 18 years. Among the self-reported health problems by the smoker respondents, chest pain (59.6%), cough (57.7%), breathing problem (57.7%), asthma (38.5%), and loss of appetite (40.4%) were prominent. among the current smoker respondents 22.3% showed their willingness to quit smoking and 77.7% yet not decided. Among the current smoker respondents 26.6% attempted to quit smoke and rest 73.4% not attempted. Among the smoker respondents it was reported that 39.4% smoke up to 10 times per day and 60.6% smoke more than 10 times per day. Health education programs is an effective tool for reducing the initiation and giving up this bad habit smoking among university students.

Keywords:Cigarette; Smoking; Asthma

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Citation

Citation: Mahmud Hossain Faruquee., et al. “Initiation and Quit of Smoking Among University Students in Bangladesh". Acta Scientific Women's Health 4.6 (2022): 49-54.

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