Male gender ( aOR = @ , @ % CI = @-@ @ ) , poor academic achievement ( aOR @ , @ % CI @-@ @ ) , ever-smoker ( aOR @ , @ % CI @-@ @ ) and having a smoking friend ( aOR @ , @ % CI @-@ @ ) were associated with susceptibility to smoking , while having the perception that smoking prohibition in school was strictly enforced ( aOR @ , @ % CI @-@ @ ) , and had never seen friends smoking in a school compound ( aOR @ , @ % CI @-@ @ ) were considered protective factors