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The Importance Of Smoking In Public Health

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The definition of smoking is “the inhalation of the smoke of burned tobacco that may occur occasionally or habitually as a consequence of physical addiction to some chemicals, primarily nicotine”. This is a common problematic behavior worldwide,(1) and is considered to be the single most preventable cause of premature deaths globally.(2) There are various types of tobacco, and the most important types are Hookah, Jirak (shisha) and cigarettes.(3) Smoking prevalence is increasing and is becoming direct cause of mortality.(4) According to the centers for disease control and prevention (CDC), the prevalence of smoking had been increasing worldwide and it is one of the biggest public health threats the world, 6 million persons …show more content…

Conducting this study will shed light on the main problems that those smokers are exposed to and the investigator chose ministry of health (MOH), primary health care centers (PHCC) because they represent a large proportion of Jeddah population, as these centers are distributed among all the five sectors of Jeddah, which covers large geographical. Up to the researcher’s knowledge, there were no sufficient studies on this subject conducted locally. Public health is running smoking cessation intervention programs, but the associated risk factors are not being taken into consideration; knowing these factors in relation to smoking will help in designing more effective intervention programs.
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