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      Cigarette smoking among medical students in The National Ribat University, Sudan.

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          The problem of smoking among medical students is common worldwide, but the pattern and extent of the problem varies from place to place. Data from Sudanese medical students is limited. The aims of study was to know the extent of the problem of smoking among medical students, its routes and how it can be reduced. All students in the first and fifth year in the Faculty of Medicine, The National Ribat University were asked to fill a questionnaire regarding their knowledge and practice of smoking and when they started smoking. The questionnaire inquired about the role of their peers and the staff to help them stop smoking. Two hundred and forty (96%) of the first year students and 174 (94 %) of the fifth year students responded by filling the questionnaires. Around 10 % of all students smoke. Although non-smokers knew much about the problems of smoking, many of the smokers did not. The main influence on students to start smoking was from parents, siblings and friends. Eighty per cent of the smokers are willing to give up smoking and they tried many times. The study showed that little effort was made by the University Staff to help students stop smoking. Most students started smoking in the high secondary schools. There is a need for family community and institutional campaign to contain the problem of smoking.

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          Journal
          Sudan J Paediatr
          Sudanese journal of paediatrics
          0256-4408
          0256-4408
          2013
          : 13
          : 2
          Affiliations
          [1 ] (1) Medical Student, Faculty of Medicine , The National Ribat University , Sudan.
          [2 ] (2) Department of Medicine , Faculty of Medicine, University of Khartoum , Sudan.
          [3 ] (3) Department of community medicine , Faculty of Medicine, The National Ribat University , Sudan.
          Article
          4949940
          27493373
          f851cac2-f446-4473-84f6-e3ed869a5138
          History

          The National Ribat University,Sudan,Cigarette smoking,Medical students

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