Revista de investigación y terapia de adicciones

Abstracto

Lifetime and Current Prevalence of Tobacco Smoking

Jamshid Ahmadi and Mehrdad Sharifi

Aims: To assess the prevalence of cigarette smoking in Shiraz, Iran.

Setting and participants: A household survey of a sample of 1400 individuals, aged 15 years or older.

Measurements: Researchers administered a semi-structured interview by a questionnaire.

Results: Of the participants, 50% (700) were men (mean age=34.61, SD=14.06, age range=15 to 80 years) and 50% (700) were women (mean age=30.99, SD=12.90, age range=15 to 83 years), t=5.0, DF=1398, p

Conclusions: Use of cigarettes was significantly more in men than women.