Abstract
Background: Drug abuse and smoking behavior, particularly in youngsters, affect communities
in terms of health and economy. The present study was carried out with the aim of a survey on drug
abuse and smoking cigarette amongst high school students in Zahedan city.
Methods and materials: The research sample contained 259 girls and 216 boys being randomly
selected using multi-stage clustering method. The average age was 15.8 years for girls and 16.04
years for boys.
Results: The results showed that 7.8% of girls and 25.2% of boys had experienced smoking at
least once. It was found that 0.4% of the female students and 2.3% of male students were used to
regular smoking. Drug abuse (using opiate) was shown to be experienced at least once by 1.6% and
8% of females and males, respectively. The initial smoking was most frequently experienced in age
of 14 years (26.2%), followed by the age of 15 (15.2%).
Conclusions: Smoking and drug abuse in a relatively high percentage of students and decreasing
the age of onset of using these materials arise a major alert. It is concluded that students at this age
require further notice and they should be considered particularly in the control programs involving
cigarette and drug.
in terms of health and economy. The present study was carried out with the aim of a survey on drug
abuse and smoking cigarette amongst high school students in Zahedan city.
Methods and materials: The research sample contained 259 girls and 216 boys being randomly
selected using multi-stage clustering method. The average age was 15.8 years for girls and 16.04
years for boys.
Results: The results showed that 7.8% of girls and 25.2% of boys had experienced smoking at
least once. It was found that 0.4% of the female students and 2.3% of male students were used to
regular smoking. Drug abuse (using opiate) was shown to be experienced at least once by 1.6% and
8% of females and males, respectively. The initial smoking was most frequently experienced in age
of 14 years (26.2%), followed by the age of 15 (15.2%).
Conclusions: Smoking and drug abuse in a relatively high percentage of students and decreasing
the age of onset of using these materials arise a major alert. It is concluded that students at this age
require further notice and they should be considered particularly in the control programs involving
cigarette and drug.
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