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This study was conducted to examine the prevalence of smoking and the smoking habits among male secondary school students in Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and to assess their knowledge and attitudes towards smoking.
A cross-sectional study was conducted in Jeddah, using a two-stage cluster sample that randomly selected four schools from 85 public secondary schools for males. Data were obtained through a self-administered questionnaire containing questions on personal background, smoking behavior, knowledge, and behavior and attitudes towards smoking. A total of 695 students responded to the questionnaires with an 87.4% response rate.
The age range of this student sample was 16–22 years. Two hundred fifty-eight (37%) of the study group were current smokers. The most common reasons given for smoking were personal choice (50.8%) and the peer pressure from smoker friends (32.8%). Many students researched the smoking hazards (68.1%), but only 47.6% knew about the bad effects of passive smoking. Two thirds of the smoking students wanted to quit smoking (63.2%), especially if suitable help was available, and 75.1% tried to quit. A third of the smoking students (36.8%) found it difficult to stop smoking in no-smoking areas.
A well-planned integrated antismoking campaign is urgently required, especially among students and teachers. Our study revealed that smoking prevalence was high, which will lead to future high smoking-related health problems if proper preventive measures are not taken accordingly.
Keywords:Smoking; Prevalence; Male students; Secondary schools; Saudi Arabia
Despite its decline in developed countries, high rates of smoking are still found in developing countries [1]. Many developing countries have adopted preventive campaigns to combat smoking with varying rates of success [2]. Among the factors that need to be considered in a well-designed preventive program are the prevailing social factors and determinants that strengthen and perpetuate this habit in the specific social environment [3].
The sociodemographic factors related to smoking behavior have been studied extensively in those countries that succeeded in combating smoking [4,5]. However, in developing countries, work is required to define those factors and the various impacts and interactions with global influences in those societies from the overflow of information and advertisements from the relentless tobacco industry. This interaction is continuous and while the social determinants of smoking change over time as a result of societal pressures, the tobacco industry has evolved new methods to target potential customers [6].
Youth are the main target for these companies because they ensure the perpetuation of smoking in developing countries. Starting smoking before the age of 18 years is a factor for life-long smoking and for those smokers, quitting will be more difficult [7,8], which increases the burden of chronic illnesses later in life [9]. On the other hand, adolescence is a developmental period where behavior is influenced by accelerated changes affecting biological, emotional, cognitive, and social functions.
It is interesting to note how a conservative society such as Saudi Arabia, where smoking was socially, traditionally, and above all religiously banned, has participated in the tobacco smoking pandemic to achieve unprecedented levels of smoking prevalence [10]. Nowadays, smokers are thought to comprise about half of the population and Saudi Arabia is ranked fourth in worldwide cigarette imports with an annual increase in tobacco consumption at around 3%. Meanwhile, there are no regulations to prevent Saudi youths from purchasing or using tobacco by any means at the present relatively low cost [11].
The aim of this study was to estimate the prevalence rate of smoking among male students (aged 16–18 years) and to determine the potential factors and behaviors related to smoking in this age group. To our knowledge, there were no previous studies addressing this issue in male secondary schools in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
Jeddah city is an important center for various activities in Saudi Arabia. A gateway city for more than 3 million pilgrims who pass through to Mecca every year, Jeddah is considered the most liberal city of the kingdom with a cosmopolitan population of 3.2 million inhabitants. Jeddah is responsible for a large proportion of the economic activities of Saudi Arabia, and more than a hundred international agencies are based here [12,13].
Our study involved male secondary school students. The initial sample size of this study was calculated to be around 400 students, but the investigators decided to double that number to account for an expected number of nonresponses and to omit incomplete questionnaires. The calculation was based on the assumption of a margin of error at 5%, a confidence interval of 95% and a response level of 50%. The total number of male students in Jeddah governmental secondary schools was 85000 and the sample included 11 schools in the north, seven schools in the middle, and 20 schools in the southern regions. The sampling method was a two-stage cluster method that randomly included governmental secondary schools from the three main regions of Jeddah for the first stage (north, one school; middle, one school; south, two schools). In the second stage, 25 full classes (average 30 students per class) from the three levels of selected secondary schools were chosen randomly by proportional allocation (10 classes from the first year, eight classes from the second year, and seven classes from the third year).
After completing these administrative steps, the study protocol and the required consent forms were verified and approved by the local ethical committee of the Faculty of Medicine at King Abdulaziz University. The self-administered questionnaire was succinct to encourage the students to respond. It comprised 29 questions that were modified and translated from previously used surveys in Saudi Arabia [14] including 13 questions about the socioeconomic profile of the respondents as well as smoking knowledge, practices, and attitudes (16 questions). A smoker in this study was considered one who ever smoked and continues to smoke, even irregularly, but who does not describe himself as a past smoker.
A team of four assistants was trained to ensure a unified method of data collection procedures. A preliminary pilot study was undertaken for 22 students and some questions were subsequently rephrased and modified accordingly. The data were collected on the first day of the school week (to reduce the chance of absenteeism) and during the lunch break in the same classrooms without the presence of any teacher or supervisor except the data collector. The session started by explaining the procedure and the questionnaires were subsequently distributed to the students. After about 15 minutes, the questionnaires were collected and no student was forced to return their questionnaire if they felt unwilling to return it.
The collected data were validated and processed using SPSS software (version XX;IBM SPSS,Armonk,NY). A bivariate analysis was performed with smoking as the dependent variable and sociodemographic factors as independent variables. The resulting significant variables were introduced into a logistic regression model to test the strength and level of significance of these variables as predictors of smoking. A descriptive analysis was performed to depict the behavioral factors associated with smoking. The level of significance was P < 0.05.
Eight hundred students were selected for this study; the response rate was about 87% (695 students).
The prevalence rate of smokers among students was 37.1%. Their age range was 16–22 years, with a mean age of 17.06 ± 0.80 years with no significant difference between ages of smokers (17.13 ± 0.82 years) and nonsmokers (17.01 ± 0.79 years). The mean duration of smoking among smokers was 33.3 ± 27.5 months.
Table 1 demonstrates the results of the bivariate analysis for the sociodemographic characteristics associated with smoking in adolescent male students. The parents' education level is a significant factor associated with their children's smoking habits. About 42% of students with a father with a secondary education or less were smokers compared with 34% of students who have a university-educated father (odds ratio (OR) = 1.42; 95% confidence interval (CI): 1.02–1.99). Similarly, about 40% of students with a less-than-university-level-educated mother were smokers compared with 31.3% for students with a university-educated mother (OR= 1.51; 95% CI: 1.07–2.43). Moreover, a student who has a smoker friend is significantly more liable to become a smoker (42.5%) than a student with nonsmoker friends (12.1%) (OR= 5.31; 95% CI: 2.88–9.94). The same pattern was found among smoker students when one or more persons at home were smokers (65.9%) compared with 34.4% of smoker students who came from smokefree homes (OR= 3.10; 95% CI: 2.21–4.35). Table 1 shows that the types of work performed by the parents, the household's monthly income, and their housing conditions showed no statistically significant associations.
Table 1. Social factors and smoking among adolescent male students in Jeddah City, Saudi Arabia
Table 2 shows the result of the logistic regression model involving the significant factors revealed by the bivariate analysis (Table 1). The results indicate that the significant factors in this model were reduced to only the presence of smoker friends and other smokers at home (OR = 4.81; 95% CI: 2.53–9.16 and OR= 2.85; 95% CI: 2.00–4.05, respectively).
Table 2. Result of the logistic regression model showing the impact of independent factors on smoking status as the dependent factor
Table 3 describes the behavioral factors related to smoking in adolescent male smoker students in this study. It shows that the prevalence of smoking is about 37%. Of these smoker students, 39.7% were mainly cigarette smokers, while 33.1% were nargile or shisha smokers and a substantial percentage of students (27.2%) combined different smoking methods. One third of students (35.7%) were regularly smoking one to five times/day. The highest percentage (50.8%) claimed smoking was their own personal choice and was not due to peer pressure, and thought that the majority (62.9%) of youth smoke for entertainment and not to imitate anyone. Most (63.2%) intend to quit or have already tried to quit (75.1%), especially if they were suitably helped (77.5%). Most (63.2%) did not feel uncomfortable in a nonsmoking area. Although many of them sought information about smoking risks, 52.4% did not know what passive smoking meant.
Table 3. Behavioral factors related to smoking in adolescent male students in Jeddah City, Saudi Arabia
The prevalence of smoking among this group of male teenagers in Jeddah secondary schools was higher (37.1%) than the rate in some previous Saudi studies [14]. The prevalence cited by Abdalla et al. [15] was 34% among current male cigarette smokers (students who had smoked on one or more days in the 30 days preceding the survey), and 11.1% among males who were daily smokers. Similarly Al Ghobain et al. [16] found a smoking prevalence of 31.2% among male students aged 16–18 years in Riyadh and the significant smoking-related factors were having smoker friends and parents. One of the possible reasons for this finding is that our study included all who answered 'yes' to the question 'are you a smoker?' even if irregular, as long as they had not quit. In our opinion, smoking at that age is probably in the trial phase and irregular in a considerable number of youths. Nevertheless, this factor should be considered from a preventive perspective because smoking at that age is expected to become a lifelong habit in a proportion of students, which will make quitting more difficult [17].
The significant effect of the parents' level of education on their children's behavior is to be expected, especially in the Saudi society where children are of an age presumably still influenced by their home values and beliefs. Moreover, in most cases, a better-educated parent could deal more effectively and rationally with their children's behavior [18,19].
The results of the logistic regression model showed that the factors of smoking peers and the role played by a smoking household member were the only significant variables in this model. At this age, peer pressure is expected to play an important role in the students' behavior, especially when combined with the detrimental effect of the presence of a smoking household member [20]. This negative combination will probably result in a tendency towards being a smoker.
The smoking behavior of this age group reflects their eagerness to discover different types of smoking as shown by a mostly equal prevalence of different methods of smoking tobacco as cigarettes, shisha, nargile, and even combinations of methods. This behavior is considered a warning sign because more detrimental and strongly addictive narcotic substances have entered Saudi Arabia recently and are readily available to this young age group. However, in this study, family income had no effect on smoking prevalence, which indicates that the cost of regular methods of smoking is affordable compared with the expected prices of the more dangerous narcotic substances.
When asked why they or other youths smoke, most students denied that they started smoking because of peer pressure or relatives, but stated they smoked as a personal choice and for entertainment. Smoking as entertainment was reported in some studies where youths combined smoking with other entertainment [21]. An important point of interest concerning the personal choice to smoke is that students claim they will respect that personal choice if made by members of their own future families.
Among the positive aspects of this study was the finding that most students did not feel any discomfort from being prevented from smoking while in a nonsmoking zone, which probably indicated that the majority were still in a nonaddicted phase. Again, the majority of students intend to quit, especially if suitably supported, or had already tried to quit. Another positive finding is that most sought information about smoking risks. However, the accessed information was unclear since most did not know what passive smoking was. Such misinformation may cause health risks and negative repercussions for their peers and relatives, which calls for specifically tailored educational messages for this age group.
The limitations of this study were the exclusion of nongovernmental schools for the sake of a homogeneous sociodemographic student sample and the selection of only male students to overcome some administrative and social difficulties related to including female students in this study.
This study illustrates the importance of the parental level of education on the smoking behavior of children, which is also influenced by the presence of a smoking member of the household. At the age when adolescents start to make social networks with their peers, the smoking behavior of peers has a considerable effect. Therefore, we recommend targeting parents through their children's schools with suitable antismoking education programs in addition to programs targeting the students themselves.
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In the past five years, the authors did not receive reimbursements, fees, funding, or salaries from any organization that may in any way gain or lose financially from the publication of this manuscript, now or in future. The authors do not hold any stocks or shares in an organization that may in any way gain or lose financially from the publication of this manuscript, now or in future. The authors do not hold or currently apply for any patents relating to the content of the manuscript, nor have they received reimbursements, fees, funding, or salaries from an organization that holds or has applied for patents relating to the content of the manuscript. The authors declare that they do not have any other financial competing interests.
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Authors' contributions
HF organized the field processes and the administrative work, designed the questionnaire, was responsible for data collection, cowrote the Introduction, and shared in data analysis. IA cowrote the Introduction, assisted in interpreting the results, wrote the Methods and Discussion, and performed statistical analysis. Both authors read and approved the final manuscript.
This project was funded by the Deanship of Scientific Research (DSR), King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, under grant no. (241/140/1432). The authors are grateful for DSR's technical and financial support.
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Originally Posted by summicron1
I once saw the Speed Graphic described as the "Harley Davidson of cameras." They were designed for press work so, as shooters, they're better than most 4 by 5 cameras you will encounter. Later models with a body release are a titch easier to use, but nothing a small cable release can't compensate for.
They're chick magnets, too.
Just as a matter of interest; A "chick magnet" is usually an intelligent, caring, decent looking fellow, less than 40, unmarried, good teeth and a few dollars in his bank account. He could be swinging a dead rat for it that mattered after that.
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Originally Posted by summicron1
I once saw the Speed Graphic described as the "Harley Davidson of cameras."
They're chick magnets, too.
They don't make flatulent sounds while pumping raw gas out of their chrome loud pipes while going actually going slow, so they aren't like Harleys that way. Harleys are chick magnets somehow, so that makes Speeds kinda like them, Plus the black and fake chrome color combo and leather strap.
It's a very convenient and affordable camera. I mostly use barrel lenses, so I appreciate it for the built in shutter. Old speeds had more shutter speed options and bigger wooden DIY lensboards. Newer pacemaker ones had more movements and often graflok backs, so there's benefits to different speed graphic models.
Old folks love to chat about the camera when you use it. Everyone recognizes it from historic photos/movies. Some cameras beat a speed graphic for movements, sturdiness, bellow length, bling, but the speed is so convenient and good at basic 4x5 photography and for barrel lens use.
Thanks for all the comments guys, it seems like I have made the right decision, I think they were also selling an 8x10 with a 6x9 roll film back on it, but I wanted to go with a 'small' large format as 5x4 film isn't that much compared to an 8x10 or larger size. Like I said I may get another large format camera - of the view camera sort, which might be an 8x10 to be taken out on special occasions etc but I wanted to start with something a bit more basic, and it seems that having an inbuilt shutter is rather useful, I could in theory make my own barrel lenses as well. What is pretty cool is that it comes with a lens (which also has a shutter) so I can have either which is good I've just seen the same lens being sold on its own for £150, so i'm happy that the camera isn't 'just' 2 standards with some bellows inbetween lol :P
I watched a video on youtube that showed a speed graphics with a very old barrel lens showing all the key features, which got me hooked
I currently have a gap in my collection for a 35mm folder as I now seem to have a MF folder - a Bessa, and a LF folder - the Speed graphics
Edit - here is the video that got me hooked! I've just realised how small the camera is compared to the negative watching this video again, quite a robust and compact design.
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A great Made in America camera to be proud of.
Yes, sometimes I think I'd like to have another.
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I could in theory make my own barrel lenses as well.
Much easier said than done. And if you got a Pacemaker Speed Graphic, slowest timed shutter speed 1/30, you'll quickly learn why front-mounting lenses in barrel has charms.
I got my first speed in 1966 while in high school and a crown in the early 70s. I still use both, the rangefinder on the speed no longer works, for field camera although somewhat heavy due to the focal plane shutter but still easy to carry and shoot with a monopod. I usally shoot with a 210 but also with a 127. The crown is lighter, I keep the 135mm so I can use the rangefinder, ideal for shooting to infinity with the sports finder hand held or on a monopod is a snap. Bushmans are also a great buy.
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Yes, sometimes I think I'd like to have another.
Paul - Be careful what you wish for! I have (I think) 14 Graphics now of various vintages and sizes from 2X3 to 5X7. As long as you have just one, you are okay. Once you get a second it is really hard to resist a third and so on to ruin.
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Paul - Be careful what you wish for! I have (I think) 14 Graphics now of various vintages and sizes from 2X3 to 5X7. As long as you have just one, you are okay. Once you get a second it is really hard to resist a third and so on to ruin.
Len, you're right, there is a disease but it is sometimes self-limiting. I bought a 2x3 Speed, discovered that for short lenses I needed a 2x3 Crown (or Century, which is what I got). IMO, one really needs a pair of Pacemakers, one each Crown and Speed. Two is just right.
Anyway, years after I got the Century and sold my Miniature Speed Graphic (surplus to requirements), I spent $80 for a 2x3 Crown with a 105/3.7 Ektar 'cos I wanted the lens. The Crown had a wrinkled bellows so I got a $10 2x3 Crown parts camera with Graflok and a good bellows. The $10 wonder turned out to be too nice to scrap. So now I have four, should sell the Crowns. The 105/3.7 Ektar has to go too.
I still fantasize about shooting 6x12 and a 4x5 Crown seems nearly the ideal camera for me (perhaps not others) to shoot 6x12 with. But the last time I was up in Woonsocket Adam convinced me that the shorter lenses I wanted to use on my hypothetical 4x5 Crown couldn't be made to work on one. My move to 6x12 is still stuck in the fantasizing stage.
I don't want to shoot anything else larger than 2x3 so have no reason to get a Graphic larger than 2x3. As mentioned, I have more 2x3s than I need. For me the disease has run its course.
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Deans Place Country Hotel & Restaurant: • East Sussex, United Kingdom
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Alfriston in East Sussex is home to the first property the National Trust ever bought: the 14th-century clergy house with its black and white panelling and thatched roof changed hands for just £10. Prepare to immerse yourself in a simpler, more delightful way of life when you Escape to the village's Deans Place Country Hotel & Restaurant.
Start your quirky story with an overnight stay in a standard double room for two people for £99 (up to a £216 value). Alternatively, add a twist to the tale early on with the same package for two nights for £149 (up to a £362 value). Either way, your room is a delightful combination of countrified character and creature comforts: expect a luxuriously stocked en suite, TV with DVD player, and inclusive Wi-Fi connection. The historic hotel was once an expanse of farmland, but it now has its own outdoor swimming pool, right on the banks of the Cuckmere River.
The hotel's Harcourts Restaurant is really something special—you'll take a three-course dinner with coffee each in the two-AA Rosette eatery on one evening as part of your stay. After an evening of cutting edge takes on traditional dishes—such as orange-braised sea bass, poached breast of pheasant
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There's been a lot of buzz about Lady Gaga's Born This Way, with Gaga herself opening up about the upcoming LP at a recent concert stop. And while there are still some details up in the air, like what it will sound like and when it will drop, one of the team's main men shared a few more details about the full-length follow-up to Gaga's smash debut, The Fame.
"We're just starting to play music for the label," Gaga's manager and Coalition Media Group CEO Troy Carter said during an interview at the recent Billboard Touring Conference and Awards. "We're very excited about it. We're starting to play a little for people and getting a feel for it, and she's done an incredible job, a really incredible job."
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Hanover Park matric pupil Moegamat Rogers will be doing his bit for SA when he joins 19 other youngsters from 20 countries who will carry the Olympic Torch in a relay in Nottingham, England, later this month.
The Olympic Torch relay has taken place ahead of every Olympic Games since 1936.
Moegamat, who says he is very excited to be an ambassador for his school and for SA, joins many great athletes who have carried the torch over the years, including boxing legend Muhammad Ali and Australian running champion Cathy Freeman.
Moegamat is in matric at Mountview Secondary School in Hanover Park.
He and the other youngsters were selected in recognition of the work they've done for the International Inspiration programme, started by the British Council, Unicef and UK Sport to connect children through the inspirational power of sport.
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The Relationship Era of Marketing Takes Center Stage at Responsys Interact 2013 Eleventh Annual Conference Challenges, Inspires and Energizes Global Marketers to Move Marketing Forward in the Relationship Era SAN BRUNO, CA -- (Marketwired) -- 05/21/13 -- San Francisco is the epicenter of marketing technology this week as Responsys, Inc. (NASDAQ: MKTG), a leading marketing cloud software and services company, kicks off Responsys Interact 2013, its annual conference that brings together more than 1,000 attendees with the shared initiative of moving the marketing industry forward. Featuring presentations and keynotes from inspirational speakers and some of the most respected brands in the world, Responsys Interact 2013 begins today and runs through May 23 at the San Francisco Marriott Marquis. 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Even after wrapping up the European Tour money title, top-ranked Rory McIlroy still has plenty to play for when he tees off Thursday at the season-ending Dubai World Championship. A victory at the $8 million tournament will allow McIlroy to overtake Tiger Woods as the all-time leading money earner in a single season. Woods amassed a combined PGA and European Tour earning of $11,557,729 in 2007. A victory for McIlroy would put him $395,857 ahead of Woods. ''I would like to pick up two trophies at the end of the week,'' McIlroy said. ''I really want to play well this week, finish the season on a high. There's been a lot of high points this year, and it would be great to finish on one as well.'' McIlroy clinched the Order of Merit money title after finishing third at the Singapore Open, becoming the second golfer after Luke Donald to win the U.S. and European money titles in the same season. The week is lacking the usual drama for the first time since the Race To Dubai was rolled o...
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After Gov. John Hickenlooper vetoed a bill Wednesday that would have impaired the state's ability to strike deals with private entities to invest in highways, state Sen. Matt Jones, D-Louisville, had a curious reaction.
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Last we checked, Hickenlooper is an elected official, and the Transportation Department over which he presides is responsible for protecting taxpayers in public-private highway deals. Is Jones under the impression that "Wall Street" simply dictates terms to the state and only legislative backstopping, as proposed in his bill, will prevent this betrayal?
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My daughter is about 21 months and has an extra strand of DNA (of love) on her 21st chromosome. My DH and I wanted our kids pretty close so we started trying last October. I got pregnant in December and am currently 17 weeks, due September 6, making our kids roughly 26 months apart. I was very excited to get pregnant and give my daughter a lifelong friend to help aid her development. We elected not to do any prenatal testing (again) this time and we are even opting not to find out the sex. At first I was very excited to have a second child. I know it sounds awful, but it my mind I was excited to have a "typical baby," hitting all of their milestones on time and giving me an easy experience, in comparison. Don't get me wrong, I love my T21 peanut more than anything in the world. She is everything to me.
For the last few weeks I have been burdened by the idea of having a second special needs child. I'm only 24, so my age isn't a factor, but I had her at 22, so it wasn't then either. I'm not necessarily worried about another DS baby, but maybe autism or something more unknown. I have had dreams that my new baby was a hermaphrodite, had a red wine stain, and a cleft lip. I feel like I'm obsessing over it and I hate it. I wasn't concerned at all getting pregnant, but now that I'm 17 weeks its starting to feel more permanent. I dont necessarily want to test, because I wouldn't terminate if something were of concern. I feel like knowing would cause undue stress and feelings of being cheated, and taint the love I have for being pregnant. Has anyone else here had a child after their DS child and what are your experiences? Thanks in advance... ;-)