Cigarette Smoking Among Jordanian Adults

Abstract

The objectives were to determine the rate of cigarette smoking and correlates of its use among a sample of Jordanian adults (N = 600). A survey-based, cross-sectional study was conducted with a convenient sample. Logistic regression was used to determine predictors of being a cigarette smoker. Approximately half of the population (45%) had smoked a cigarette in the past month, 40% in the past week, and 36% in past 24 hours. These findings underscore the magnitude of the smoking problem in the Jordanian population and the urgent need for effective interventions. Future research should focus on developing interventions that incorporate the predictors identified.

KEYWORDS:

• cigarette
• Jordan
• smoking
• tobacco

Notes

*p ≤ .05.

^a Total numbers do not add up to 600 because of missing value.

Abbreviations: OR = odds ratio; 95% CI = 95% confidence interval; NS = not significant.

*p ≤ .05.