With a recent study indicating that one in four adults use tobacco or tobacco products in the region, experts are calling on the community to commit to quitting
With one in four adults in Qatar using tobacco or tobacco products, health experts are calling on the community to Commit to Quit this World No Tobacco Day.
Hamad Medical Corporation Tobacco Control Center, a World Health Organization Collaborating Center, had recently conducted a cross-sectional study to identify the prevalence of tobacco use among adults in Qatar.
Titled ‘Epidemiology of tobacco use in Qatar: Prevalence and its associated factors’, the study identified the prevalence of tobacco use among adults in Qatar to be 25.2 percent.
The study utilized the same methodology as a study undertaken in 2000 that reported a higher prevalence of tobacco smoking of 36.5 percent in Qatar.
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26 Apr 2021 - 10:10
The Peninsula
Doha: The Hamad Medical Corporation Tobacco Control Center, a World Health Organization Collaborating Center (HMC TCC-WHOCC) recently conducted a cross-sectional study entitled ‘Epidemiology of tobacco use in Qatar: Prevalence and its associated factors’ which found the prevalence of tobacco use among adults in Qatar to be 25.2 percent.
The study utilised the same methodology as a study undertaken in 2000 that reported a higher prevalence of tobacco smoking of 36.5 percent in Qatar.
The recent Tobacco Control Center study included a mixed nationality sample of 7,921 governmental and semi-governmental employees and university students in Qatar; 58.4% males and 41.6% females.
Dr. Ahmad Al Mulla, Head of the HMC’s Tobacco Control Center, explained the aims of the recent study: “Our study set out to determine the prevalence of tobacco use among a population-based sample of adults 18 years old and above in Qatar and to determine the di
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