STUDY OF SMOKING HABITS IN SOLDIERS OF POLICE ACADEMY

Abstract

This is a survey study (in the form of questionnaire) of the smoking habits among the soldiers of police academy and their attitudes towards smoking. This study included a random sample of 200 soldiers (90 smokers and 110 are nonsmoker).their age ranges from 19 to 23 years. From that survey the following were obtained: - Prevalence of smoking habit was 45%. - Duration of smoking ranged from 1 to 10 years. - Most of the smokers were cigarettes smokers . - Most of the smokers were smoking for relaxation. - Most of the smokers started smoking cigarettes at the age of 16 – 20 years. - Most of them start smoking cigarettes with friends. - Most of the smokers smoked with tea coffee. -Most of shisha smokers started smoking at the age of 16-20 years. - Most of shisha smokers preferred cafe as a place for smoking. -Most of the goza smokers started smoking at the age of 16-20 years. -All goza smokers started smoking with a friend . - All smoker shisha smokers and goza smokers smoke it occasionally. - Most of the smokers wanted to quit smoking. -The main reason for wanting to quit smoking was caring about their health. -Most of them tried at least once in the last year. - 35.6% of smokers thought it was very easy to quit smoking while 17.8% think that it was very difficult. - 44.7% of smokers wanting to quit had the fear of becoming tense and nervous in the quitting period. - 62.2% of smokers suffered from sputum production. - All soldiers consider their health good. - 68.4% of smoker thought that self motivation could help them in their quitting trials.