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Volume 27, Issue 137, July 2023

A cross-sectional study of community knowledge of the effects of active cigarette smoking on respiratory disease and its risk factors in Hail, KSA

Syed Monowar Alam Shahid¹, Tarig Ginawi¹, Mubashir Zafar², Abdelhafiz Ibrahim Bashir³, Syed Shah Mohammed Faiyaz³, Mohd Adnan Kausar¹, Malik Asif Hussain⁴, Mohammed Alramadan⁵, Naif Alsokih⁵

¹Department of Biochemistry, College of Medicine, University of Hail, Hail, KSA
²Department of Community Medicine, College of Medicine, University of Hail, KSA
³Department of Physiology, College of Medicine, University of Hail, Hail, KSA
⁴Department of Pathology, College of Medicine, University of Hail, Hail, KSA
⁵Student of 4th Year, College of Medicine, University of Hail, Hail, KSA

ABSTRACT

Background: Smoking is a recognized risk factor for respiratory disease. Objective: The study objective is to evaluate their familiarity with the consequences of smoking on the respiratory system and the risk of respiratory disease. Methodology: A self-administered cross-sectional online survey was conducted in 2023 to determine the prevalence and risk factors of smoking-related disease in the Hail region. The data were entered and processed using version 23 of the statistical package for social sciences (SPSS). Results: In the present study, 503 individuals from both sexes (females: 60%; males: 40%) participated. When the effects of smoking and the possibility of developing respiratory disease were analyzed, it became clear that non-smokers (both sexes, male 83.2%, and female 88.4%) are more aware of the harmful effects of smoking than cigarettes smokers (male 73.2%, and female 50%). Also, these findings revealed that smokers who do not want to quit smoking have an adverse mindset towards quitting (16%), compared to smokers who do want to quit (84%), and the same group got the fewest programs about the dangers of smoking (25%), compared to smokers who do want to quit (81%). Conclusion: The present study revealed that understanding of the negative effects of smoking is lower in smokers than in non-smokers of both sexes.

Keywords: Smoking knowledge, risk factors, Awareness, smoking cessation, Hail, KSA