Motivation of university students for smoking: a study of various aspects.

摘要

A statistical technique of odds ratio analysis was performed to investigate the association of students who smoke with boarder students belonging to rural areas, fathers' smokers, friends' smokers, sex and family type. A sample of 700 students residing on Peshawar University Campus (Pakistan) including all the constituents' colleges, NWFP Agriculture University, NWFP University of Engineering and Technology and all the Post-Graduate Departments have been investigated through a questionnaire with regard to smoking status, their knowledge and attitude towards smoking. The analysis suggests that students smoking was significantly associated with boarder students belonging to rural areas, fathers' smokers, friends' smokers and male students.