Studying the Frequency of Smoking Among Students: The seventh grade students of Robat-Karim county

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1 education

2 Teacher Of Education

3 Teacher of Education

4 Head of Tobacco Control Research Center (TCRC)

10.48310/rsse.2025.4384

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Background and Objectives: In today’s era, smoking as a high-risk behavior has notably increased among adolescents. This study aimed to examine the prevalence of smoking among seventh-grade students in Rabat Karim city.Method: The research employed a survey method with cluster sampling. Out of 79 educational centers, 20 were randomly and purposively selected after classification. A total of 700 seventh-grade students from these centers voluntarily participated, forming the statistical population of the POD project.Findings: Tobacco use increases as initiation age decreases. Hookah is most common, influenced by peers, relatives, and family (especially fathers). Curiosity, age conditions, and home environments further facilitate adolescent tobacco use..Conclusion: Overall, the findings indicate that patterns of tobacco use are increasing in scope as age of initiation declines. Among different tobacco products, hookah use is spreading most rapidly, shaped by the influence of peers and relatives, coupled with the growing normalization of hookah smoking in social and family contexts

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