TY - JOUR AU - Assi, Mohammad AU - Onaissy, Nehmatalla AU - Sakr, Fouad AU - Cherfan, Michelle AU - Akiki, Zeina AU - Dabbous, Mariam AU - Akel, Marwan AU - Safwan, Jihan PY - 2022/06/02 Y2 - 2024/03/28 TI - RESEARCH ARTICLE: Smoking habits, attitudes and determinants among university aged population: Comparison of pharmacy and non-pharmacy students from a private university in Lebanon JF - Pharmacy Education JA - Pharm Educ VL - 22 IS - 1 SE - Research Article DO - 10.46542/pe.2022.221.523532 UR - https://pharmacyeducation.fip.org/pharmacyeducation/article/view/1726 SP - p. 523-532 AB - <p><strong>Objective</strong>: To assess the prevalence of smoking among pharmacy students and to analyse how smoking affects pharmacy students’ attitudes towards smoking cessation practices.</p><p><strong>Methods</strong>: An online questionnaire was distributed to students from five schools at the Lebanese International University as part of a cross-sectional study. It looked into sociodemographic identities, smoking attitudes and beliefs, and pharmacy students’ smoking cessation consultation procedures.</p><p><strong>Results</strong>: A total of 1372 students were enrolled in the study (159 pharmacy students and 1213 non-pharmacy students). Almost half of the participants (45.0%) were current smokers, with males accounting for the majority. There was a substantial correlation between knowledge of smoking's health implications and smoking status (p = 0.021). Nonsmoking pharmacy students were more likely than smokers to offer cessation advice (p &lt; 0.0001).</p><p><strong>Conclusion</strong>: A high smoking prevalence was determined among students, which should be addressed by boosting tobacco awareness efforts and enforcing strict anti-smoking policies on college premises.</p> ER -