Safari-Moradabadi, Ali, Aghamolaei, Teamur, Ramazankhani, Ali, Ghiaspour, Taha, Dadipoor, Sakineh (2025). Correlation of Smoking and Students’ General Health at Bandar Abbas University of Medical Sciences. , 4(4), 7-17.
Ali Safari-Moradabadi; Teamur Aghamolaei; Ali Ramazankhani; Taha Ghiaspour; Sakineh Dadipoor. "Correlation of Smoking and Students’ General Health at Bandar Abbas University of Medical Sciences". , 4, 4, 2025, 7-17.
Safari-Moradabadi, Ali, Aghamolaei, Teamur, Ramazankhani, Ali, Ghiaspour, Taha, Dadipoor, Sakineh (2025). 'Correlation of Smoking and Students’ General Health at Bandar Abbas University of Medical Sciences', , 4(4), pp. 7-17.
Safari-Moradabadi, Ali, Aghamolaei, Teamur, Ramazankhani, Ali, Ghiaspour, Taha, Dadipoor, Sakineh Correlation of Smoking and Students’ General Health at Bandar Abbas University of Medical Sciences. , 2025; 4(4): 7-17.

Correlation of Smoking and Students’ General Health at Bandar Abbas University of Medical Sciences

Health Education and Health Promotion
Article 1, Volume 4, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 7-17    PDF (1.04 M)
Authors
Ali Safari-Moradabadi* 1; Teamur Aghamolaei2; Ali Ramazankhani3; Taha Ghiaspour4; Sakineh Dadipoor5
1Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Public Health, School of Health, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Kermanshah, Iran
2Professor, Department of Public Health, Faculty of Health, Hormozgan University of Medical Sciences, Bandar Abbas, Iran
3Professor, Department of Public Health, Faculty of Health, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
4B.S.c.Student, Department of Public Health, Faculty of Health, Hormozgan University of Medical Sciences, Bandar Abbas, Iran
5Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Public Health, Faculty of Health, Hormozgan University of Medical Sciences, Bandar Abbas, Iran
Abstract
Aim: Addiction to smoking is considered a primary challenge in human communities and has afflicted both the educated and uneducated population. Its prevalence among the educated people involved in the healthcare system of the country is of a particular significance as it negatively influences the entire system. The present research aims to investigate how smoking is correlated with the students’ general health in Bandar Abbas University of Medical Sciences.
Methods: The present cross-sectional research was conducted on 600 students affiliated with Bandar Abbas University of Medical Sciences selected through a proportionate sampling method in 2016. The data collection instrument was a standardized trip-artite questionnaire comprised of demographic information, smoking status and general health items. SPSS (ver. 16) was used to analyze the data using descriptive statistics (mean, standard deviation, frequency and percentage) as well as Chi-squared test and Spearman’s correlation test. The level of significance was set at p˂.05.
Findings: The mean age of the participants was 21.14±2.33 years, 51.5% of the participants aged ≤20 years while 48.5% were above 20 years of age. Statistically significant correlations were estimated between age, place of residence, sex and smoking (p˂0.001). However, no statistically significant correlation was found between the field of study and smoking (p=0.44). The same was true for marital status and smoking (p=0.318). Smoking and general health showed to be significantly correlated (p˂0.001).
Conclusion: Consideration of non-native students’ problems, providing for their welfare and convenience, the authorities’ supervision of non-dormitory residents, and adding anti-smoking content to the educational materials and formal teaching can all contribute to the reduction of smoking in this susceptible population.
Keywords
Smoking; General Health; university students
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