Smoking among students in a rural secondary school

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

1-1-2000

Abstract

A cross-sectional study on the prevalence of smoking among Form 3, 4 and 5 students of a rural national co-educational school was carried out using a self administered questionnaire. By the age of 18 years old, three quarters of boys had tried smoking compared with 12% of girls. About a third of boys were still smokers while only 0.''/u of girls were still smokers. There was a higher prevalence of smokers among students who stayed with their parents and those who were working part-time. Most smokers knew about the dangerous and addictive effect of cigarette smoking but smoked because of "influence by school peers", "curiosity" and '"to increase concentration and decrease tension'.

Keywords

Cigarette, smoking, prevalence, students

Publication Title

Journal of the University of Malaya Medical Centre (JUMMEC)

ISSN

1823-7339

Divisions

fac_med

Volume

5

Issue

2

Publisher

Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya

Additional Information

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