Table 1.
Knowledge of students regarding health hazards of tobacco smoking and addictive effect of different substances, Cairo University, academic year 2014–2015
| Correct | Incorrect | I do not know | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | % | N | % | N | % | |
| Tobacco smoking health hazards | ||||||
| Bladder cancer | 247 | 83.4 | 17 | 5.7 | 32 | 10.8 |
| Coronary artery disease | 290 | 98.0 | 2 | 0.7 | 4 | 1.4 |
| Lung cancer | 290 | 98.0 | 2 | 0.7 | 4 | 1.4 |
| Chronic bronchitis | 281 | 95.0 | 9 | 3.0 | 6 | 2.0 |
| Sexual dysfunction | 265 | 89.5 | 10 | 3.4 | 21 | 7.1 |
| Oral cancer | 281 | 95.0 | 8 | 2.6 | 7 | 2.4 |
| Emphysema | 270 | 91.2 | 14 | 4.7 | 12 | 4.1 |
| Laryngeal cancer | 284 | 95.9 | 4 | 1.4 | 8 | 2.7 |
| Peripheral vascular disease | 273 | 92.2 | 10 | 3.4 | 13 | 4.4 |
| Leukoplakia | 237 | 80.1 | 15 | 5.0 | 44 | 14.9 |
| Neonatal mortality | 261 | 88.1 | 12 | 4.1 | 23 | 7.8 |
| Cerebrovascular disease | 277 | 93.6 | 6 | 2.0 | 13 | 4.4 |
| Shisha smoking harm in comparison to cigarette smoking | ||||||
| Is shisha smoking less harmful than cigarette smoking? | 246 | 83.1 | 39 | 13.2 | 11 | 3.7 |
| Addiction causation by addictive substances | ||||||
| Tobacco smoking | 205 | 69.2 | 78 | 26.4 | 13 | 4.4 |
| Bango | 252 | 85.1 | 34 | 11.5 | 10 | 3.4 |
| Codeine | 272 | 91.9 | 11 | 3.7 | 13 | 4.4 |
| Xanax | 175 | 59.1 | 21 | 7.1 | 100 | 33.8 |
| Valium | 206 | 69.6 | 41 | 13.8 | 49 | 16.6 |
| Tramadol (Tramal) | 272 | 91.9 | 12 | 4.1 | 12 | 4.1 |