The Prevalence of Cigarette and Shisha (water pipe) Smoking among Sudanese Tuberculous Patients

MUTASIM SIDDIG MOHAMMED SALIH; BADER ELDIEN HAROUN; ELSHARIF AHMED BAZIE; MOATAZ MOHAMED ALHASAN; HAMZA BABIKIR HAMZA

dc.contributor.author	MUTASIM SIDDIG MOHAMMED SALIH
dc.contributor.author	BADER ELDIEN HAROUN
dc.contributor.author	ELSHARIF AHMED BAZIE
dc.contributor.author	MOATAZ MOHAMED ALHASAN
dc.contributor.author	HAMZA BABIKIR HAMZA
dc.date.accessioned	2018-01-24T13:22:00Z
dc.date.available	2018-01-24T13:22:00Z
dc.date.issued	2016-10-07
dc.identifier.citation	www.euacademic.org	en_US
dc.identifier.issn	2286-4822
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/410
dc.description.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.	en_US
dc.language.iso	en	en_US
dc.publisher	EUROPEAN ACADEMIC RESEARCH	en_US
dc.subject	Cigarette, Shisha (water pipe), tuberculosis, Kosti-Sudan	en_US
dc.title	The Prevalence of Cigarette and Shisha (water pipe) Smoking among Sudanese Tuberculous Patients	en_US
dc.type	Article	en_US