Knowledge and attitudes of the students of the Niamey Faculty of Health Sciences on tobacco
Journal Title: JOURNAL OF FUNCTIONAL VENTILATION AND PULMONOLOGY - Year 2019, Vol 10, Issue 31
Abstract
During these last 10 years we note a growing consumption of the tobacco especially that of chicha by the young Nigeriens. This pushed us to do this work. It was a prospective cross-sectional study over 20 months (January 1, 2016 to August 31, 2017) for 601 students (1st to 7th year Medicine and 1st to 3rd year Pharmacy) of the Faculty of Health Sciences (FSS) of Niamey. The data had been collected on a survey card after an interview. The smoker was the student declared daily or casual smoker at the time of the survey. A total of 601 students from the Niamey FSS had been collected. The prevalence of smoking was 10.64%. Males accounted for 53.40% and the average age was 22.55 years. Shisha was the most common and smoked form of smoking by women at 76.48%. The average daily cost of tobacco was 150 to 300 FCFA for 66.66% of smokers. According to the Fagerström test, 10% of daily smokers were highly addicted. For 33.50% of students smoking shisha was not considered smoking, 55.30% did not know that shisha is more harmful than smoking. Daily smokers who tried to quit accounted for 95% (19 cases). Other smoking habits (alcohol and / or cannabis) added to smoking in 65.70% of current smokers. The prevalence of smoking among students in our study is low but relatively high for a population that will have the role of protecting society from the harmful effects of tobacco. However, special attention must also be given to the growing consumption of chicha in our society.
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MM. ASSAO NEINO
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