Awareness About Passive Smoking Among Jazan University Students, Saudi Arabia

Background: Passive smoking is a dangerous result of active smokings which have harmful effects on the heart and blood vessels and increase the risk of lung cancer, this study conducted to identify the awareness about passive smoking among Jazan University students. Methodology: A descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted using online questionnaire. The survey includes demographic information and other data like the prevalence of Knowledge about passive smoking, prevalence of Knowledge about effects of passive smoking and the sources of Information about it. Result: The sample size was 478 (46.0%) males and (54.0%) females. According to the college, participants were distributed in almost equal manner in which faculty of Medicine (33.4%), faculty of Science (34.6%), and faculty of computer science (32%). About (77.6%) of the participants agreed that passive smoking is a contact with a smoker during smoking while (3.6%) disagreed. On the other hand (76.2%) of the participants agreed that passive smoker is exposed to smoking harms as an active smoker. About (72.8%) of the participants believed that passive smoking increases the lung cancer incidence while (4.2%) didn't. Medical student showed best knowledge and practice than other students. Conclusion: Current study identified that medical students have background knowledge about smoking better than other student at JU, but their attitude and practice toward avoiding passive smoking is not related to their level of knowledge, which necessitate development of extracurriculum awareness programs to increase their awareness and change their passive attitude and practice.