Prevalence of high risk smoking behaviors among adolescents of Qomprovince

Background: Tobacco use usually begins in adolescence and youth period that Identity is formed;the epidemiological study of risky behaviors and behaviors is important in planning and initiatinginterventions for adolescents. The purpose of this study was to determine the prevalence oftobacco use in adolescents and to identify high-risk behaviors.Methods: More than two-thirds of the total adolescent population of Qom province, including۲۱,۳۳۹۴ students, aged ۶ to ۱۸ years, who referred to health centers and health homes in ruralregions in Qom province for age group ۶ to ۱۰ years in terms of their risk of acquaintance withtobacco use in the age group of ۶ to ۱۰ years. , Exposure to smoke and substance use wereassessed in the age group of ۱۱ to ۱۸ years. Study data were prepared through integrated healthsystem and analyzed using Excel and spss۲۵ software.Results: Results was shown that ۲% of ۱۱-۱۸ year-old students, including ۲.۴% boys and ۱.۵% ofgirls, had a tobacco use that was up to ۴% in the ۱۶-۱۸ age group (high school boys) Rising to۷.۹%, rural to ۷.۲% and urban to ۵.۷%. ۸۴% of students consumed tobacco, were used hookah and۲۶% Have been smoking. ۱۲.۶% of families or relatives used tobacco in the presence ofadolescents; the risk factor was ۹% in affluent areas and up to ۱۸.۴% in suburban areas. ۱.۸% ofyoung teens and about ۳% of teens are sent to shopping centers for smoking or other tobaccoConclusion: The prevalence of tobacco use among students in Qom province is close to thenational average; implementing educational interventions in high-risk schools, especially in boys'high schools in the suburbs, in collaboration with the Ministries of Health and Education, canprovide students with outcome of exposure to high-risk behaviors and effective in reducing theprevalence of tobacco in the country.

کلیدواژه ها:

Smoking ، Epidemiology ، Prevalence ، Adolescence