Open AccessPrevalence and associated factors of cigarette smoking among medical students at King Fahad Medical City in Riyadh of Saudi Arabia
Author(s) -
Abdulaziz F. Al-Kaabba,
Abdalla A. Saeed,
Abdelshakour M. Abdalla,
Hamse Kh. Hassan,
Ali A. Mustafa
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
journal of family and community medicine/maǧalaẗ ṭib al-usraẗ wa al-muǧtamaʼ
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.292
H-Index - 4
eISSN - 2229-340X
pISSN - 1319-1683
DOI - 10.4103/1319-1683.78631
Subject(s) - medicine , family medicine , cigarette smoking , habit , cross sectional study , intervention (counseling) , demography , environmental health , psychiatry , sociology , pathology , psychotherapist , psychology
To determine the prevalence of smoking among medical students at the medical college at King Fahad Medical City in Riyadh, and assess the association between smoking and socio-demographical factors, smoking contacts, reasons for smoking and attempts to quit.