Smoking patterns among primary health care attendees, Al-Qassim region, Saudi Arabia | Zendy

N. S. Al Haddad | Zendy; T. A. Al Habeeb | Zendy; Muzamil H. Abdel Gadir | Zendy; Y. S. Al Ghamdy | Zendy; N. A. Qureshi | Zendy

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Smoking patterns among primary health care attendees, Al-Qassim region, Saudi Arabia

Author(s) -

N. S. Al Haddad,

T. A. Al Habeeb,

Muzamil H. Abdel Gadir,

Y. S. Al Ghamdy,

N. A. Qureshi

Publication year - 2003

Publication title -

eastern mediterranean health journal

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.442

H-Index - 47

eISSN - 1687-1634

pISSN - 1020-3397

DOI - 10.26719/2003.9.5-6.911

Subject(s) - medicine , primary health care , primary care , family medicine , peer pressure , smoking cessation , nicotine , cigarette smoking , environmental health , psychiatry , population , psychology , social psychology , pathology

Prevalence, sociodemographic patterns and medical co-morbidity of smoking among a cross-section of primary health care [PHC] clients in Saudi Arabia were examined. We used a 44-item semistructured questionnaire to collect data from 1752 patients at 25 randomly selected PHC centres. Percentage of smoking was 52.3%. Although 85% were adult smokers, 8.6% began smoking before age 12. Smokers gave overlapping reasons to smoke including peer pressure; non-smokers gave religious and health logics against smoking. Of all smokers, 92.8% wanted to learn cessation strategies, 11.8% were ignorant of hazards and 32.4% reported manifestations of nicotine withdrawal. Besides alcohol use [13.4%], 81.8% had co-morbid physical disease

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