@article{ajcp2014221,
author={{Innabi, Ayoub A. and Ammari, Dina A. and Tuqan, Wa'el J. K.},
title={Awareness and Knowledge of Smoking-Related Cancers Among University Students in Jordan},
journal={American Journal of Cancer Prevention},
volume={2},
number={2},
pages={20--23},
year={2014},
url={http://pubs.sciepub.com/ajcp/2/2/1},
issn={2328-7314},
abstract={<b>Background: </b>Jordan, a Middle Eastern country, has a high prevalence rate of smoking. However, little research was done to evaluate knowledge of smoking-related cancers in the region. <b>Objective: </b>To assess knowledge of smoking-related cancers among Jordanian university students. <b>Design:</b> Cross-sectional study conducted in July, 2013, using a self-administered online questionnaire. The questionnaire was sent to students from University of Jordan. <b>Results: </b>The final sample consisted of 230 students. The majority of participants (98.7%) were aware that smoking has harmful health effects and (95.7%) agreed that smoking causes cancer. Most of the participants agreed that smoking causes lung cancer (97.8%), oral cancer (83.0%), laryngeal cancer (82.6%), pharyngeal cancer (80.0%), and esophageal cancer (63.0%), while less than half of the participant thought that smoking causes AML (46.1%), stomach cancer (36.1%), kidney cancer (32.6%), cervical cancer (19.6%), pancreatic cancer (19.1%), and bladder cancer (14.8%). Females showed more knowledge about smoking-related cancers than males (p &lt; 0.05) but the there was no significant difference between smokers and non-smokers. <b>Conclusion: </b>These findings show that most of the students know that lung cancer is caused by smoking. However, there is a lower knowledge of other smoking-related cancers. Our study suggests that more efforts should be done to increase the awareness of the adverse health hazards of smoking especially that are related to cancer.},
doi={10.12691/ajcp-2-2-1}
publisher={Science and Education Publishing}
}