Document Type : Original Article
Authors
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Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences Research Center, Addiction Institute, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran
2
Student Research Committee, School of Medicine, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran
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Department of Public Health, Health Sciences Research Center, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran
4
Gastrointestinal Cancer Research Center, Non-communicable Diseases Institute, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran
10.34172/ahj.2022.1240
Abstract
Background: The study of the smoking and drug use profile of the Tabari cohort enrolment phase, the outcomes of which will be
evaluated in the coming years, has proper comprehensiveness. Therefore, the present study aimed to determine the cigarette and
drug use status in the population of the Tabari cohort study (TCS).
Methods: In this study, the profile of cigarette and drug use in the TCS was evaluated. Data analysis was performed in SPSS version
24 using percentage, mean, and standard deviation, chi-square, and independent t test.
Findings: The frequency of daily smoking in the entire population was 9.1%, and the frequencies in men and women were 21.5%
and 0.6%, respectively (P<0.001). The frequency of exposure to smoking in the home, at present or in the past, in the entire
population was 30.5%, and in the populations living in urban and mountainous areas were 35.4% and 19.8%, respectively
(P<0.001). The mean age at first use of cigarettes in the entire population was 20.50±7.61, whereas the mean age of regular
smoking was 23.19±8.02. Furthermore, the frequency of experiencing drug abuse in the total population was 6.1%, and the
frequencies in men and women were 14.1% and 0.7%, respectively.
Conclusion: According to the results of this study, cigarette smoking and drug use are significant in men, and overall exposure of
the Tabari cohort population to tobacco and drugs in the home is high. If effective prevention is not on the agenda, a significant
proportion of the future outcomes in this population may be attributable to these risk factors.
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