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. 2015;16(7):2697-700.
doi: 10.7314/apjcp.2015.16.7.2697.

Assessment of perception of medical students in regard to links between tobacco or alcohol use and cancer

Fawaz Dabea Alshammari  1 , Amany M Khalifa, Ayman Ahmed Kosba, Nuhar A Khalil, Safia M Ali, Mona M Hassouna, Gamal Mohamed Elawad, Ibrahim Abdelmajeed Ginaw, Hussain Gadelkarim Ahmed
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Assessment of perception of medical students in regard to links between tobacco or alcohol use and cancer

Fawaz Dabea Alshammari et al. Asian Pac J Cancer Prev. 2015.
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Abstract

Background: The aim of this study was to assess cancer awareness among medical students in Saudi Arabia toward tobacco and alcohol use as risk factors.

Materials and methods: A cross-sectional survey from October to December 2014, covering 1200 medical students, was performed.

Results: Of the total, 975 (81.25%) responded. The male to female ratio was 1.00:7.125. 96/975 (9.8%) had smoked tobacco in their lifetime, and 51/975 (5.23%) were alcoholic beverage consumers. On asking them whether tobacco smoking and alcohol consumption can cause cancer, only 4/975 (0.4%) and 14/975 (1.43%) answered no for smoking and alcohol, respectively.

Conclusions: The prevalence of smoking and alcohol use is very low among medical students, which might be due to high female contribution besides social stigma. The prevalence of second-hand smoke (SHS) was found to be very high in Hail region.

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