TY - JOUR AU - Akhter, Saima AU - Mustafa, Hassan AU - Warraich, Usman Ali AU - Rizvi, Nadeem PY - 2018/06/30 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - FREQUENCY AND FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH TOBACCO SMOKING AMONG YOUNG FEMALE STUDENTS IN PAKISTAN JF - KHYBER MEDICAL UNIVERSITY JOURNAL JA - Khyber Med Univ J VL - 10 IS - 2 SE - Original Articles DO - 10.35845/kmuj.2018.16812 UR - https://www.kmuj.kmu.edu.pk/article/view/16812 SP - 76-80 AB - <p><strong>ABSTRACT</strong></p><p><strong></strong><strong>OBJECTIVE</strong>: To evaluate the frequency and factors associated<strong> </strong>with smoking among female university students in Pakistan.</p><p><strong>METHODS:</strong> This cross-sectional survey was conducted in 4 cities (Karachi, Hyderabad, Multan and Lahore) of Pakistan. A total of 689 female students from 18 universities (including medical, engineering &amp; social sciences universities) filled the questionnaire through convenient sampling method. Data analysis was done on SPSS 22. Binary logistic regression, with 95% confidence interval (CI) was used to determine the factors associated with smoking.</p><p><strong>RESULTS:</strong> Mean age at initiation of smoking was 16.65±2.46 years. Total frequency of smoking was 7.4% (n=51/689). Out of 51 students involved in smoking, 25 (49%) used shisha, 7 (13.7%) used Cigarette and 19 (37%) used both modes of smoking. Students who consider smoking necessary for Social gathering are 5 times more prone to smoke. Strong relationship<strong> </strong>between advertisement on Social media and smoking was found (p&lt;0.05). Female students from fashion, business administration, media Sciences and engineering were more frequently indulge in smoking when compared to medical sciences (p&lt;0.05).  Less than 1% of cigarette smokers and 29.6% shisha smokers respectively were comfortable doing smoking in front of their parents. In females who were engaged in both kinds of smoking, 52.3% reported use of shisha before cigarette. Among non-smoker females 19%frequently visit shisha bar with family and friends.</p><p><strong>CONCLUSION:</strong> Although overall frequency of smoking was noted to be low among female students<strong> </strong>but parental approval of shisha, indulgence of shisha smokers in cigarette is alarming and cannot be ignored.</p><p><strong>KEY WORDS: </strong>Tobacco Smoking (MeSH), Shisha (MesH); Females (MeSH);<strong> </strong>Universities<strong> </strong>(MeSH);<strong> </strong>Students<strong> </strong>(MeSH);<strong> </strong>Social Media (MeSH); Frequency (MeSH)</p> ER -