Prevalence of tobacco use and its socio-demographic determinants among Saudi female school adolescents in Jeddah

• Main Authors: Al-Otaibi, Amani Awwadh, Ibrahim, Faisal, Gyanchand Rampal, Lekhraj Rampal, Hassan, Siti Aishah, Ibrahim, Normala
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia 2015
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/41445/1/Prevalence%20of%20tobacco%20use%20and%20its%20socio-demographic%20determinants%20among%20Saudi%20female%20school%20adolescents%20in%20Jeddah.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/41445/; http://www.medic.upm.edu.my/dokumen/FKUSK1_Article_5.pdf

Tobacco use among females is a rising public health issue. Further insight into the smoking epidemic can be gained from studying a specific subgroup of interest within the population. Determining predictors of each tobacco smoking type is necessary for planning tobacco specific intervention programm...