ArticleEpidemiology and health2018
Relationship between happiness and tobacco smoking among high school students.
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15 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Prevalence of hookah smoking among Iranian pupils and university students: An updated systematic review and meta-analysis.The clinical respiratory journal · 2022Pooled it
- Current and former smokers among adolescents aged 12-17 years in Iran: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC public health · 2020Pooled it
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- A qualitative exploration of experts' views about multi-dimensional aspects of hookah smoking control in Iran.BMC public health · 2024Article
- Association between loneliness and cigarette smoking attitudes among university students in Iran: a cross-sectional study.BMJ open · 2024Article
- Level of happiness among medical students in Bihar-An online survey.Journal of education and health promotion · 2023Article
- Prevalence of substance use among Iranian male adolescents: Systematic review and meta-analysis.Health science reports · 2022Article
- Measuring Happiness in Adolescent Samples: A Systematic Review.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Review
- Smoking among High School Students in Iran: A Meta-Analysis Study.Iranian journal of psychiatry · 2021Review
- Transition in Smoking Stages and Its Relationship with Family Psychological Function and Perceived Social Support in Adolescents of Tabriz, Iran.International journal of preventive medicine · 2021Article
- Social capital and peer influence of tobacco consumption: a cross-sectional study among household heads in rural Uttar Pradesh, India.BMJ open · 2020Article
- Explaining the determinants of hookah consumption among women in southern Iran: a qualitative study.BMC public health · 2019Article
- Changes in Risk-Taking Behaviors during the First Year of College in the Northwestern Iran: A Latent Transition Analysis.Journal of research in health sciences · 2019Article
- Obscenity of Cigarette and Hookah Smoking in Iranian Adolescents: A Longitudinal School-based Study.International journal of preventive medicine · 2019Article
- Testicular Toxicity of Water Pipe Smoke Exposure in Mice and the Effect of Treatment with Nootkatone Thereon.Oxidative medicine and cellular longevity · 2019Article
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Abstract
objectivesRecent research has described negative relationship between happiness and habitual smoking among adolescents. No study of this relationship has been conducted among Iranian adolescents. The aim of the present study was to characterize the relationship between happiness and cigarette or hookah smoking among a sample of high school students.
methodsA sample of 1,161 10th-grade students in Tabriz (northwest Iran) was selected by multi-stage proportional cluster sampling. Participants completed a self-administered multiple-choice questionnaire including information on cigarette smoking, hookah smoking, happiness score, substance abuse, self-injury, general risk-taking behavior, attitudes towards smoking, socioeconomic information, and demographic characteristics. An ordinal logistic regression model was used for data analysis.
resultsIt was found that 5.9 and 5.0% of students were regular cigarette smokers and regular hookah smokers, respectively. After controlling for potential confounders, higher happiness scores were found to protect students against more advanced stages of cigarette smoking (odds ratio [OR], 0.98; 95% confidence interval [CI], 0.97 to 0.99; p=0.013). However, no significant relationship was found between happiness scores and hookah smoking status (OR, 1.01; 95% CI, 0.97 to 1.02; p=0.523).
conclusionsHappiness scores were associated with less advanced stages of habitual cigarette smoking among high school students. Our findings underscore the necessity of conducting longitudinal or interventional studies aiming to determine the effects of enhancing happiness on preventing the transition through the stages of cigarette and hookah smoking.
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