Table 6 Factors significantly affecting the lifetime smoking of students.

Variables	Odds ratio (OR)	p Value
Age of students	46.6	0.000
Male sex	4.04	0.044
Private school education of students	13.98	0.032
Low academic performance	12.60	0.000
Having a current smoker sibling	32.24	0.000
Living together with their families	8.37	0.004
Associating with smoking students	13.60	0.000
Having a problem with a near friend	37.29	0.000
Having a problem with parents	30.35	0.000
The idea/intent of suicide	20.10	0.000
School absence	18.29	0.000
Substance use other than tobacco smoking	76.50	0.000
To earn own pocket money	6.68	0.010