Medical and social predictors of tobacco smoking among the university youth

2017 ◽  
Vol 23 (3) ◽  
pp. 59-64
Author(s):  
N.M. Chemerys ◽  
◽  
Keyword(s):  
Tobacco Smoking ◽  
Social Predictors ◽  
The University

Differences between Smoking and Nonsmoking College Students in Their Attitudes on Tobacco Smoking

1981 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 261-274 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ronald E. Shor ◽  
Daniel C. Williams ◽  
R. Michael Latta ◽  
Lance K. Canon ◽  
Marilyn B. Shor
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
New Hampshire ◽  
Tobacco Smoking ◽  
Considerable Heterogeneity ◽  
Item Content ◽  
Attitudes Toward Smoking ◽  
The University ◽  
University Of New Hampshire

The purpose of this investigation was to study whether smokers and nonsmokers hold systematically different attitudes on tobacco smoking. Twenty-seven smoking-related Likert type attitude items were selected for analysis from a longer questionnaire that had been administered to sixty-one smoking and 246 nonsmoking college students at the University of New Hampshire. Both smokers and nonsmokers expressed highly similar unfavorable attitudes toward smoking but nonsmokers expressed those attitudes more strongly. With few exceptions the findings were found to hold over a considerable heterogeneity of item content. The hypothesis was generated that if investigators seek to find differences between smokers' and nonsmokers' attitudes that diverge from neutrality or uncertainty in different directions, they will for the most part fail. However, if they seek to find differences in the strength of such attitudes that are in the same direction of divergence, they will for the most part succeed.

scholarly journals Active and passive tobacco smoking among students of the University of Yaoundé I, Cameroon

2018 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jobert Richie Nansseu ◽  
Felix Kembe Assah ◽  
Saint-Just Petnga ◽  
Bibiane Siaheu Kameni ◽  
Jean Jacques Noubiap ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Tobacco Smoking ◽  
The University

scholarly journals Experimentation with and knowledge regarding water-pipe tobacco smoking among medical students at a major university in Brazil

2014 ◽  
Vol 40 (2) ◽  
pp. 102-110 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stella Regina Martins ◽  
Renato Batista Paceli ◽  
Marco Antônio Bussacos ◽  
Frederico Leon Arrabal Fernandes ◽  
Gustavo Faibischew Prado ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Medical Students ◽  
Tobacco Use ◽  
Tobacco Smoking ◽  
Sao Paulo ◽  
São Paulo ◽  
Water Pipe ◽  
Quit Smoking ◽  
Current Cigarette ◽  
The University ◽  
Pipe Tobacco

OBJECTIVE: Water-pipe tobacco smoking is becoming increasingly more common among young people. The objective of this study was to estimate the prevalence of the use of water pipes and other forms of tobacco use, including cigarette smoking, among medical students, as well as to examine the attitudes, beliefs, and knowledge of those students regarding this issue. METHODS: We administered a questionnaire to students enrolled in the University of São Paulo School of Medicine, in São Paulo, Brazil. The respondents were evaluated in their third and sixth years of medical school, between 2008 and 2013. Comparisons were drawn between the two years. RESULTS: We evaluated 586 completed questionnaires. Overall, the prevalence of current cigarette smokers was low, with a decline among males (9.78% vs. 5.26%) and an increase among females (1.43% vs. 2.65%) in the 3rd and 6th year, respectively. All respondents believed that health professionals should advise patients to quit smoking. However, few of the medical students who smoked received physician advice to quit. Experimentation with other forms of tobacco use was more common among males (p<0.0001). Despite their knowledge of its harmful effects, students experimented with water-pipe tobacco smoking in high proportions (47.32% and 46.75% of the third- and sixth-year students, respectively). CONCLUSIONS: The prevalence of experimentation with water-pipe tobacco smoking and other forms of tobacco use is high among aspiring physicians. Our findings highlight the need for better preventive education programs at medical schools, not only to protect the health of aspiring physicians but also to help them meet the challenge posed by this new epidemic.

scholarly journals Awareness of Oral Cancer and OPMDs among Patients Attending the University Dental Hospital, Peradeniya, Sri Lanka

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 47-51
Author(s):  
E. A. Shanika D. Somathunga ◽  
D. M. Sithara H. Dissanayaka ◽  
D. R. Dilini L. Ratnayake ◽  
Ruwan D. Jayasinghe
Keyword(s):  
Alcohol Consumption ◽  
Sri Lanka ◽  
Oral Cancer ◽  
Tobacco Smoking ◽  
Dental Treatment ◽  
Demographic Parameters ◽  
Causal Relationships ◽  
Dental Hospital ◽  
The University ◽  
Self Administered Questionnaire

  Objective: To assess awareness of oral cancer and OPMDs among patients attending for dental treatment at the University Dental Hospital, Peradeniya. Methods and materials: A self-administered questionnaire was used to collect information from 500 randomly selected outpatients attended the University Dental Hospital, Peradeniya, Sri Lanka. The questionnaire included questions to ascertain information on socio-demographic parameters, awareness of oral cancer and OPMDs, habits of betel chewing, smoking and alcohol consumption.Results: 43.2% of the respondents were satisfactorily aware of the possibility of occurrence of oral cancer and OPMDs. From all the individuals who were participated to this questionnaire, 16 (3.2%) of individuals have a habit of betel chewing, 4.2% of individuals have a habit of smoking and 8.3% of individuals have a habit of alcohol consumption, respectively while having a satisfactory awareness about oral cancer and OPMDs. Conclusions: This survey revealed that most of the patients attending the hospital were not in a satisfied level of awareness about oral cancer and OPMDs. Knowledge about the causal relationships with betel chewing was low compared to tobacco smoking and alcohol consumption.      

Comparative characteristics of chosen aspects of tobacco smoking among the students of Poznan University of Medical Sciences and students of vocational medical colleges in Poznań

2018 ◽  
Vol 87 (3) ◽  
pp. 138-144
Author(s):  
Katarzyna Agnieszka Korzeniowska ◽  
Magdalena Pawlaczyk ◽  
Artur Cieślewicz ◽  
Anna Jabłecka
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
University Students ◽  
Tobacco Smoking ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Medical Sciences ◽  
Medical College ◽  
High Prevalence ◽  
Health Promoting ◽  
The University ◽  
Medical Colleges

Objectives: Medical doctors, nurses, pharmacists, and paramedics are professions placing themselves highest in the rankings of occupations granted public trust. The knowledge of the negative impact of tobacco use on physical condition possessed by those occupational groups ought to limit the addiction among this population, which should constitute a benchmark of health-promoting attitude for the public. Many health-promoting decisions are made during the period of studies. The study aimed to establish the scale of tobacco smoking and the profile of chosen aspects of this issue among students of Poznan University of Medical Sciences and students of vocational medical colleges in Poznań.Material and Methods: An author questionnaire was conducted. 586 students (471 University students, 115 college students) aged between 19 and 65 completed the survey.Results: The majority (76,62%) of the surveyed students were non-smokers. Smokers were predominately male (the entire surveyed population, University students). Medical college students smoked more cigarettes daily compared to the University students. The most commonly declared reason for smoking was the social purpose. Among former smokers, female more often than male indicated health considerations and the knowledge of harmful effects of smoking as reasons for quitting; among college students, the most common reason was health considerations, whereas University students listed knowledge of the harmfulness of smoking, health considerations, and other motives most often.Conclusions: Both University students and medical college students smoked more rarely than their contemporaries in the general population. The respondents constitute a group displaying relatively high prevalence of health-promoting attitudes.

scholarly journals Dental Students’ Tobacco Smoking Habits, Second-hand Smoke Exposure, and Training in Cessation Counselling at the University of Medicine Pharmacy Sciences and Technology of Târgu Mureș

2019 ◽  
Vol 65 (2) ◽  
pp. 66-70
Author(s):  
Márta Germán-Salló ◽  
Zoltan Preg ◽  
Dalma Bálint Szentendrey ◽  
Enikő Nemes-Nagy ◽  
Mihály Imre László ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Tobacco Smoking ◽  
Dental Students ◽  
Smoke Exposure ◽  
Smoking Habits ◽  
Second Hand Smoke ◽  
Smoking Ban ◽  
Second Hand Smoke Exposure ◽  
University Buildings ◽  
The University ◽  
And Training

AbstractObjectives: To describe tobacco smoking habits, attitudes, second-hand smoke exposure, and training in cessation counselling at the University of Medicine Pharmacy, Sciences and Technology of Târgu-Mureș (UMPSTTM), as baseline data for the first Romanian university to implement a Smoke Free University Project.Methods: A cross-sectional survey was administered in 2014 among dental students at UMPSTTM to explore their smoking habits, attitudes toward smoking and tobacco control policies, exposure to second-hand smoke, interest in quitting, and their knowledge about cessation counselling. We used core questions of the Global Health Professions Student Survey (GHPSS) and added specific items related to the Smoke Free University Project. Data were analysed by SPSS v22 software. We compared our results with those of the GHPSS Survey.Results: 581 dental students, 73.1% of the target population (n=795), completed the questionnaire. 38.7% were current smokers. Approximately 1 in 5 (22.6%) current smokers admitted smoking inside university buildings, although 80.7% were aware of the smoking ban. 44.2% of current smokers plan to quit smoking. Nearly half of the students (48.9%) were exposed to secondhand smoke in their current homes, 78.1% in public places and 33.3% inside the university buildings. Only 21.0% of all participants received any formal training on how to help future patients quit.Conclusions: Tobacco use prevalence was higher among future dentists than in the majority of respondents to the GHPSS. Changes in dental school education are needed to promote personal smoking cessation, as well as to educate dentists on how to support their future patients quitting.

Proceedings of The Modern Language Association of America

PMLA ◽  
1935 ◽  
Vol 50 (4) ◽  
pp. 1343-1343
Keyword(s):  
Modern Language Association ◽  
Modern Language ◽  
Local Committee ◽  
Tuesday Morning ◽  
University Of Cincinnati ◽  
The University ◽  
Plaza Hotel

The fifty-second meeting of the Modern Language Associationof America was held, on the invitation of the University of Cincinnati, at Cincinnati, Ohio, Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday, December 30 and 31, 1935, and January 1, 1936. The Association headquarters were in the Netherland Plaza Hotel, where all meetings were held except those of Tuesday morning and afternoon. These took place at the University of Cincinnati. Registration cards at headquarters were signed by about 900, though a considerably larger number of members were in attendance. The Local Committee estimated the attendance at not less than 1400. This Committee consisted of Professor Frank W. Chandler, Chairman; Professor Edwin H. Zeydel; Professor Phillip Ogden; Mr. John J. Rowe (for the Directors); and Mr. Joseph S. Graydon (for the Alumni).

Spectrophotometric reductions with an IBM 1620

1966 ◽  
Vol 24 ◽  
pp. 116-117
Author(s):  
P.-I. Eriksson
Keyword(s):  
Astronomical Data ◽  
Spectrophotometric Data ◽  
Electronic Computers ◽  
The University ◽  
Near Future

Nowadays more and more of the reductions of astronomical data are made with electronic computers. As we in Uppsala have an IBM 1620 at the University, we have taken it to our help with reductions of spectrophotometric data. Here I will briefly explain how we use it now and how we want to use it in the near future.

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