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ORIGINAL CONTRIBUTION AND CLINICAL INVESTIGATIONTable 1: Ever smoking and current smoking habit according to Sociodemographic characteristicsstudents. There were no othersignificant differences accordingto the other sociodemographics asshown in Table 1. Table 2 showsmean scores of the students’perception of the antismoking roleof health professionals and risk ofpassive smoking according to theirsmoking status out of a maximumof 5 points. The highest perceptionscore among smokers was for thestatement that “health professionalsshould routinely advise patients whosmoke to avoid smoking aroundchildren” The highest perceptionscore among non smokers wasfor the statement that “Healthprofessionals should routinely askabout their patients’ smoking habitshealth”. The highest perceptionscore for risk of passive smokingfor both smokers and non smokerswas for “passive smoking and lungdisease” while the lowest for bothwere for “passive smoking andneonatal death”. Non smokershave more favorable perceptionsbut the differences were notstatistically significant. Tables 3 and4 show the perception of studentsof the antismoking role of healthprofessionals and the risk of passivesmoking respectively, according togender, age and class level. Therewere significant differences in theperception of risk of passive smokingand neonatal death. Females, olderstudents and fifth year studentsgave a higher risk score. Femalesalso gave a significantly higherrisk score for passive smoking andlower respiratory tract illness inchildren. Females, students aged20 21 years and fifth year studentswere significantly more in favor ofhealth professionals support forsmoke-free health facilities. Overallfemale students have significantlymore positive perception thanmales and students in first yearhave significantly less favorableperceptions than the other levels.DiscussionThe Faculty of Medicine at KingFahad Medical City adopted aproblem-based, integrated curriculumwhich promotes students’ activelearning, interpersonal skills and MIDDLE MIDDLE EAST EAST JOURNAL JOURNAL OF OF FAMILY FAMILY MEDICINE VOLUME • VOLUME 10 ISSUE 7, ISSUE 7 10