Demographic and Socio-economic Factors Influencing Smoking Among Undergraduate Students in Owerri West, Imo State

Ejelonu Nelson Chukwuemeka; Nwanya Emmanuel; Okoroafor Ikenna Emmanuel; Omo-Eboh Francis Omokhudu; Nnamani Okechukwu Hosea; Fauga Patrick Oluleke; Sadiq Rukayyat; Ojegbola Blessing; Soyemi Chinedu Emmanuella; Joel Bassey; Akpofure Blessing Oyakhilome

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Demographic and Socio-economic Factors Influencing Smoking Among Undergraduate Students in Owerri West, Imo State

Ejelonu Nelson Chukwuemeka, Nwanya Emmanuel, Okoroafor Ikenna Emmanuel, Omo-Eboh Francis Omokhudu, Nnamani Okechukwu Hosea, Fauga Patrick Oluleke, Sadiq Rukayyat, Ojegbola Blessing, Soyemi Chinedu Emmanuella, Joel Bassey, Akpofure Blessing Oyakhilome

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The global prevalence of cigarette smoking is increasing especially in developing countries where more tobacco deaths occur. Tobacco smoking is a leading cause of preventable morbidity and death worldwide. The objective of the study is to determine the demographic and socio-economic factors influencing smoking among undergraduate students in the selected schools. The study design was a cross sectional descriptive study which aided in examining the relationship between other variables and the smoking status of the students in the selected higher institution. The selected schools were stratified into two and a random sampling technique was used to select a sample size of four hundred and fifty (450) students drawn from Federal University of Technology (200), Federal Poly Nekede (250) respectively. The data was analyzed using descriptive statistics and the results were displayed in frequency tables and charts. The highest percentage (51%) were found in 20-24 years in FUTO and 94(49%) in POLYNEK. The highest percentage (51%) of students that earned ₦6-10, 000 were from FUTO and 50% from POLYNEK. In general view of prevalence of smoking among students; 67% of them do smoke while 33% reported no to smoking habit. In socio-economic aspect of smoking among students, extra money on student has statistical influence on smoking where X² =21.18; Df =2; P-value =0.001. In conclusion, it was proved statistically that demographic and socioeconomic factors had influence in smoking among students and most of the students were influenced into smoking by friends. Therefore, health education should be provided for the students on dangers of smoking in Imo State and beyond in order to reduce the effect of smoking on students.

Published in	Journal of Health and Environmental Research (Volume 7, Issue 3)
DOI	10.11648/j.jher.20210703.16
Page(s)	154-161
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Tobacco, Demographic, Owerri, Prevalence, Smoking

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Ejelonu Nelson Chukwuemeka

Department of Public Health, Federal University of Technology Owerri, Imo, Nigeria
Nwanya Emmanuel

Department of Public Health, Federal University of Technology Owerri, Imo, Nigeria
Okoroafor Ikenna Emmanuel

Department of Public Health, Federal University of Technology Owerri, Imo, Nigeria
Omo-Eboh Francis Omokhudu

College of Medicine, University of Ghana Medical School, Accra, Ghana
Nnamani Okechukwu Hosea

Department of Health Policy and Management, University of Ibadan College of Medicine, Oyo, Nigeria
Fauga Patrick Oluleke

Department of Medicine, Zaporozhye State Medical University, Zaporozhye, Ukraine
Sadiq Rukayyat

Department of Pharmaceutical Technology, Lagos State College of Health Technology, Lagos, Nigeria
Ojegbola Blessing

College of Health Sciences, Faculty of Clinical Sciences, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile ife, Nigeria
Soyemi Chinedu Emmanuella

Department of Public Health, James Lind Institute, New York, USA
Joel Bassey

Department of Public Health, James Lind Institute, New York, USA
Akpofure Blessing Oyakhilome

Department of Political Science, University of Benin, Benin, Nigeria

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AU  - Ejelonu Nelson Chukwuemeka
AU  - Nwanya Emmanuel
AU  - Okoroafor Ikenna Emmanuel
AU  - Omo-Eboh Francis Omokhudu
AU  - Nnamani Okechukwu Hosea
AU  - Fauga Patrick Oluleke
AU  - Sadiq Rukayyat
AU  - Ojegbola Blessing
AU  - Soyemi Chinedu Emmanuella
AU  - Joel Bassey
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PB  - Science Publishing Group
SN  - 2472-3592
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AB  - The global prevalence of cigarette smoking is increasing especially in developing countries where more tobacco deaths occur. Tobacco smoking is a leading cause of preventable morbidity and death worldwide. The objective of the study is to determine the demographic and socio-economic factors influencing smoking among undergraduate students in the selected schools. The study design was a cross sectional descriptive study which aided in examining the relationship between other variables and the smoking status of the students in the selected higher institution. The selected schools were stratified into two and a random sampling technique was used to select a sample size of four hundred and fifty (450) students drawn from Federal University of Technology (200), Federal Poly Nekede (250) respectively. The data was analyzed using descriptive statistics and the results were displayed in frequency tables and charts. The highest percentage (51%) were found in 20-24 years in FUTO and 94(49%) in POLYNEK. The highest percentage (51%) of students that earned ₦6-10, 000 were from FUTO and 50% from POLYNEK. In general view of prevalence of smoking among students; 67% of them do smoke while 33% reported no to smoking habit. In socio-economic aspect of smoking among students, extra money on student has statistical influence on smoking where X2 =21.18; Df =2; P-value =0.001. In conclusion, it was proved statistically that demographic and socioeconomic factors had influence in smoking among students and most of the students were influenced into smoking by friends. Therefore, health education should be provided for the students on dangers of smoking in Imo State and beyond in order to reduce the effect of smoking on students.
VL  - 7
IS  - 3
ER  -

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