ArticleRisk management and healthcare policy2020
Smoking Cessation Beliefs Among Saudi University Students in Qassim Region, Saudi Arabia.
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- Perceptions and Interest in Lung Cancer Screening by Smoking Status: A Cross-Sectional Study of HINTS 6 (2022).Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Community Pharmacies' Promotion of Smoking Cessation Support Services in Saudi Arabia: Examining Current Practice and Barriers.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Prevalence of Smoking and Beliefs and Attitude Toward Smoking Habit and Smoking Cessation Methods Among Pharmacy Students: A Cross-Sectional Study in Saudi Arabia.Frontiers in public health · 2022Article
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Abstract
introductionDespite Saudi officials initiating a variety of smoking cessation programs, smoking in the country has not decreased. Thus, the objective of this study was to identify the factors associated with Saudi students' beliefs about available smoking cessation interventions.
methodsA cross-sectional, pre-tested, and validated paper-based survey was administered to a cohort from a university in the Qassim region. Bivariate analyses and logistic regression were conducted to explore the factors associated with the students' beliefs regarding behavioral and pharmacotherapy interventions for smoking cessation.
resultsOut of 1158 surveys distributed, 958 responses were received (82.7% response rate). Students aged >23 years were more likely to believe in a behavioral intervention (marginal effect = 10.4%; 95% CI, 2.3%-18.6%). However, the respondents who indicated that they had smoked a hookah over the past 30 days were less likely to believe in either the pharmacotherapeutic (marginal effect = -7.9%; 95% CI, -15.6 to -0.3%) or the behavioral (marginal effect = -8.1%; 95% CI, -16.2% to -0.1%) interventions. Students who believed that the hookah was the same as or less harmful than cigarettes (marginal effect = -25.6%; 95% CI, -34.7% to -16.6%) and (marginal effect = -12.3%; 95% CI, -22.3% to -2.3%), respectively, were less likely to believe in pharmacotherapeutic interventions. Multiple logistic regression analyses found that hookah smokers with a willingness to quit smoking were more likely to believe in the effectiveness of cessation medications (marginal effect = 42.9%; 95% CI, 28.2%-57.6%) and behavioral interventions (marginal effect = 28.6%; 95% CI, 9.3%-48.0%).
conclusionThis study found that smoking a hookah and its harmfulness were negatively associated with smoking cessation medications interventions. Regarding beliefs about behavioral interventions, while age was positively associated, hookah smoking and its harmfulness had a negative association. Willingness to quit smoking was positively associated with both medication and behavioral interventions.
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