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Table 4 Patterns and frequency of smoking and bango use among students, Cairo University, academic year 2014–2015

From: Knowledge, attitude, and practice of medical students regarding smoking and substance abuse, Cairo University, Egypt

Patterns

Frequency

Percentage

Cigarette smoking

 Have you ever smoked cigarettes

  Yes

40#

13.5

  No

256

86.5

 At what age have you started smoking?

  Range, Mean ± SD

10–24

18.1 ± 3.1

  Median, IQR

18.0 (16.3–20.0)

 Did you smoke within the previous 30 days?

  Yes

21

52.5

  No

19

47.5

 How many cigarettes do you smoke/day

  Range, Mean ± SD

2–60

16.6 ± 14.8

  Median, IQR

12.5 (6.5–20.0)

 How many months have passed since you last smoked?

  Range, Mean ± SD

1–19

6.4 ± 6.2

  Median, IQR

4.5 (1.5–10.5)

 Did you start to smoke after you joined your medical school?

  Yes

26

65.0

  No

14

35.0

 Do you want to stop smoking?

  Yes

27

67.5

  No

13

32.5

 Have you ever made a serious attempt to stop smoking?

  Yes

30

75.0

  No

10

25.0

 May you smoke in presence of your patients?

  Yes

24

60.0

  No

11

27.5

  I do not know

5

12.5

 How soon after you wake up do you smoke your first cigarette?

  Within 5 min

5

12.5

  Within 6–30 min

9

22.5

  Within 31–60 min

10

25.0

  After 60 min

16

40.0

 Do you find it difficult to avoid smoke cigarettes in places where it is forbidden (e.g., at the library, in cinema)?

  Yes

13

32.5

  No

27

67.5

 Which cigarette would you hate most to give up?

  The first one in the morning

14

35.0

  Any other

26

65.0

 How many cigarettes per day do you smoke?

  10 or less

17

42.5

  11–20

9

22.5

  21–30

12

30.0

  31 or more

2

5.0

 Do you smoke more during the first hours after waking than during the rest of the day?

  Yes

14

35.0

  No

26

65.0

 Do you smoke even when you are ill enough to be in bed most of the day?

  Yes

16

40.0

  No

24

60.0

Shisha smoking

 Have you ever smoked shisha?

  Yes

45

15.2

  No

251

84.8

 Did you smoke shisha in the previous 30 days?

  

  Yes

24

53.3

  No

21

46.7

 How many times do you or did you smoke shisha per week?

  Range, Mean ± SD

1–10

3.8 ± 3.1

  Median, IQR

3.0 (1.0–6.3)

 

 How many months have passed since you last smoked?

  Range, Mean ± SD

1–12

4.8 ± 3.5

  Median, IQR

4.0 (2.5–7.0)

 

Bango

 Have you ever used Bango?

  Yes

6

2.0

  No

290

98.0

 Did you use bango in the previous 30 days?

  Yes

4

66.7

  No

2

33.3

  1. #30 males and 10 females