Prevalence, social acceptance, and awareness of waterpipe smoking among dental university students: a cross sectional survey conducted in Jordan

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Amani Alsa'di⁴  Yousef S Khader²  Abdel Raheem M Bibars⁵  Arwa M Mahasneh⁵  Karem H Alzoubi³  Omar F Khabour¹  Suhair R Obeidat⁵ 

[1] Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, Taibah University, Almadina, Saudi Arabia;Department of Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Jordan University of Science and Technology, Irbid, Jordan;Department of Clinical Pharmacy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Jordan University of Science and Technology, Irbid, Jordan;Jordanian Food and Drug Administration, Irbid, Jordan;Department of Applied Dental Sciences, Faculty of Applied Medical Sciences, Jordan University of Science and Technology, Irbid 22110, Jordan

关键词: Attitude;    Awareness;    Oral health;    Tobacco;   

Others  :  1118304
DOI  :  10.1186/1756-0500-7-832

 received in 2014-07-01, accepted in 2014-11-18,  发布年份 2014

【 摘 要 】

Background

Waterpipe tobacco smoking is increasing in popularity especially among young adults. This spread could be related to limited knowledge of the negative health effects of waterpipe smoking. In this study, prevalence, social acceptance, and awareness of waterpipe smoking were examined among dental university students.

Methods

This is a cross-sectional survey study, where a self-administered questionnaire was completed by a sample of dental university students in Jordan.

Results

Students (n = 547) reported current tobacco use of 54.3% for males versus 11.1% for females (P <0.005). Among current smokers, 3.5% used only cigarettes (22.0% males, 2.3% females), 12.6% used only waterpipe (36.6% males, 88.6% females), and 6.9% used both (41.5% males, 9.1% females). Approximately, 70% of males and 42.5% of females who used waterpipe reported smoking mostly at a café. Nearly half of the females reported that they smoke at home in the presence of parents. Among participants, 33.3% of males and 62.5% of females reported indifferent parents’ reaction regarding their waterpipe smoking. Approximately one third of students agreed with the statement that waterpipe smoking is less harmful to oral health than cigarette smoking. About 50-70% of students agreed that waterpipe smoking causes halitosis, delays wound healing time, is associated with dental implant failure, and increases the risk of dental decay.

Conclusions

In this sample, waterpipe tobacco smoking was more common than cigarette smoking among dental students, especially females. This could be an implication of social acceptance of waterpipe leading to its predominance, and thus, the gradual replacement of cigarette smoking with waterpipe smoking. Additionally, dental students’ awareness about the harms of waterpipe is not optimal, and steps are needed to ensure providing such knowledge to students.

【 授权许可】

   
2014 Obeidat et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd.

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