@article{article_413169, title={Smoking status of medical students in the English program of a university in Nicosia}, journal={Turkish Journal of Public Health}, volume={17}, pages={50–64}, year={2019}, author={Aşut, Özen and Vaizoğlu, Songül and Sadeh, Rami Y and Alaber, Bashar and Jabaly, Mariam and Laila, Mohammad and Zuwawi, Ahmed Al and Shatnawi, Mohammad Fs and Mezher, Wadee Js and Cali, Sanda}, keywords={Smoking,Medical students,Medical education}, abstract={<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:6pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:6pt;margin-left:0cm;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;"> <b>Objectives </b> <b>: </b> The objective of this study was to determine the
status of smoking among medical students and related factors. <b> Methods: </b> A cross-sectional study was conducted
among the total 566 medical students enrolled in the English program of the
Near East University, Faculty of Medicine in Nicosia, Northern Cyprus. A
questionnaire of 20 questions was handed out to the students to find out about
their smoking status (lifetime and current smoking), and related factors. The
data were analyzed using SPSS 18.0.0. For the analyzed parameters, descriptive
statistics were calculated and marginal and cross tables were prepared. The p
value accepted as significant was p <u>< </u>0.05. <b>Results: </b> The response rate was 80.6% (456 of 566 students).
Lifetime smoking rate was 47.7%, (60.3% of for male students, 35.6% for female
students) and current smoking rate was 32.7% (42.4 % for male students, 23.4%
for female students); 41.3% of the smokers had started smoking after admission
to medical school. <b>Conclusions: </b> The
smoking prevalence among medical students was high. Medical education did not
seem to be influential on the smoking status among students of the English
program of the medical school. <b> </b> </p> <p> <b> </b> </p> <b> </b> <p> </p>}, number={1}, publisher={Halk Sağlığı Uzmanları Derneği}