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The Relationship between Smoking Habits and Lifestyle from Adolescence to Adulthood

The Relationship between Smoking Habits and Lifestyle from Adolescence to Adulthood

  • Zainab Abdulameer Abdulrasol
    Faculty Members, Department of Maternal and Neonatal Nursing, College of Nursing, University of Babylon, Babylon province, Iraq
  • Mohammed Talib Abed
    Faculty Members, Department of Pediatric Nursing, College of Nursing, University of Babylon, Babylon province, Iraq
  • Ali Fadhil Obaid
    Faculty Members, Department of Pediatric Nursing, College of Nursing, University of Babylon, Babylon province, Iraq
  • Buraq Abbas Kadhim
    Faculty Members, Department of Maternal and Neonatal Nursing, College of Nursing, University of Babylon, Babylon province, Iraq
  • Hawraa Mithaq Salim
    Senior Students, College of Nursing, University of Babylon, Babylon province, Iraq
  • Fatima Mahmood Ibrahim
    Senior Students, College of Nursing, University of Babylon, Babylon province, Iraq
  • Laith Hazim Kazim
    Senior Students, College of Nursing, University of Babylon, Babylon province, Iraq
  • Zahraa Jawad Kadhim
    Senior Students, College of Nursing, University of Babylon, Babylon province, Iraq
  • Abdullah Najm Jari
    Senior Students, College of Nursing, University of Babylon, Babylon province, Iraq
  • Israa Hayder Sabri
    Senior Students, College of Nursing, University of Babylon, Babylon province, Iraq
  • Huda Ammar Abd Ali
    Senior Students, College of Nursing, University of Babylon, Babylon province, Iraq
  • Jurooh Jabbar Abdoun
    Senior Students, College of Nursing, University of Babylon, Babylon province, Iraq
  • Fatima Alaa Ahmed
    Senior Students, College of Nursing, University of Babylon, Babylon province, Iraq
  • Zahraa Jaleel Abdulhassan
    Senior Students, College of Nursing, University of Babylon, Babylon province, Iraq
  • Ghadeer Ahmed Jawad
    Senior Students, College of Nursing, University of Babylon, Babylon province, Iraq
  • Taif Wisam Zuhair
    Senior Students, College of Nursing, University of Babylon, Babylon province, Iraq
  • Shahad Qaisar Saleem
    Senior Students, College of Nursing, University of Babylon, Babylon province, Iraq
  • Ruqayya Monther Taher
    Senior Students, College of Nursing, University of Babylon, Babylon province, Iraq
  • Abbas Hamzah Nayyef
    Senior Students, College of Nursing, University of Babylon, Babylon province, Iraq
  • Banin Thamer Saker
    Senior Students, College of Nursing, University of Babylon, Babylon province, Iraq
  • Ali Hamid Swaif
    Senior Students, College of Nursing, University of Babylon, Babylon province, Iraq

Background: Cigarettes smoking are one of the leading reasons of death, it’s the only legal item for consumption which kills half of them. Smoking usually difficult to cessation, and individuals rarely distinguish it as a bad routine. Objectives: to identify smoking patterns among smokers. In addition to determine the relationship between some socio-demographic characteristics and smoking habits among the participants.

Methods: A descriptive, cross-sectional correlational study design was adopted for the present study. The participants involved aged from 18 to 40 years. A non-probability sampling was utilized, and the sample was recruited using a snowball approach, where participants were asked to forward the questionnaire to other potential smokers. Data were collected by using structured self-administered questionnaire.

Results: This study indicated that (23 years) were the mean of participants’ age, 92.3% of sample were males, 77.8% of them reported satisfied regarding socioeconomic status, 56.9% of study sample were diploma holders. This study presented that 73.8% of sample ongoing smokers. 51.6% of smokers were Cigarette smoking, whereas 13.3% were Hookah smokers. 70.2% of smokers were with intermediate level regarding the lifestyle, as well as only 4% of them were with healthy lifestyle. This study displayed a significant correlation between lifestyle and sex, which indicated that female were with heathier lifestyle than males.

Conclusion: The study shows a significant correlation between lifestyle and sex, which indicated that female were with heathier lifestyle than males. Furthermore a significant positive correlation between lifestyle of smokers and their income, which mean the lifestyle become healthier among participants with satisfied income.

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