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ORIGINAL CONTRIBUTION AND CLINICAL INVESTIGATIONTable 3. Mean perception scores of antismoking role of health professionals according to sociodemographiccharacteristics Mean - (Standard Deviation)serious concerns. This may bedue to deficiencies in terms ofknowledge about the hazards ofsmoking in curricula of medicalschools. Expert reviews havesuggested that undergraduatemedical students should be equippedwith knowledge, and attitudes topromote smoking cessation skillsand this is needed more urgentlyin developing countries(24-26).Although progress has been madeto address the teaching of tobaccoin medical schools worldwide, moreeffort is required so that education ontobacco hazards and evidence-basedsmoking cessation is an ongoing partof the curricula of medical and otherhealth institutes(27).It is of concern that all studentsirrespective of their past or currentsmoking habits were not stronglyadvocating that “Health professionalswho smoke should advise people tostop smoking.” It is vital that all healthprofessionals, irrespective of theirsmoking habit, should enquire aboutthe smoking habits of their patientsand advise those who smoke, to quit.The perception of medical studentstowards the negative effects ofpassive smoking on neonatal healthis of concern. Passive smoking hadbeen reported to lead to high rates ofmorbidity and mortality in neonates MIDDLE MIDDLE EAST EAST JOURNAL JOURNAL OF FAMILY OF FAMILY MEDICINE MEDICINE • VOLUME VOLUME 10 ISSUE 7, ISSUE 7 10
ORIGINAL CONTRIBUTION AND CLINICAL INVESTIGATIONTable 4: Perception of the risk of passive smoking according to sociodemographic characteristics Mean -(Standard Deviation)and infants(28, 29). Therefore allthese aspects and facts have tobe emphasized in the curriculum.Teaching medical students aboutsmoking-related diseases andcessation intervention does resultin an increase in knowledge,attitudes and their future behaviouras doctors in relation to advisingsmoking patients to quit(30,31).Meanwhile, other aspects on tobaccouse control, such as legislation andtobacco tax policies, are also stronglyrecommended and should be formallyincorporated into the undergraduatemedical curriculum as the medicalmodel alone is inadequate for dealingwith the tobacco epidemic(32, 33).This study confirms what otherstudies have found; that the superiorknowledge of senior medical studentsis not associated with lower smokingprevalence. In the present study fifthyear students have a much morepositive perception of the hazard ofsmoking, but their ever and currentsmoking habits were not significantlydifferent from other levels. This mayneed further exploration.MIDDLE MIDDLE EAST EAST JOURNAL JOURNAL OF OF FAMILY FAMILY MEDICINE VOLUME • VOLUME 10 ISSUE 7, ISSUE 7 10
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