Abstract:
World Health Organization (WHO), which declared tuberculosis a global health emergency in 1993 and it remains a major cause of mortality in developing countries. In Sudan 1985, prevalence of TB was estimated by 3% among Tigrayan refugees in Eastern Sudan and displaced native population which was two times higher than that found in rural African population.This Study aimed to determine the prevalence of cigarette and Shisha Smoking among Sudanese Tuberculous Patients.
A descriptive and comparative study were used, ( 275 patients ) were enrolled in the study where 55 % of them were males and 45 % were females. The study revealed that 29 % of the males were cigarette smokers and 7.9 % of them were Shisha (water pipe) smokers.
Most of the patients were illetrate162 patients (59 %). The study revealed that cigarette smoking was detected among 29% and 7.9% were shisha smokers.
