@article{Mustafa_Zafar_Jawad_Akram_2017, title={Effect of Company during Academic Years on Habit of Cigarette Smoking among Doctors}, volume={23}, url={https://annalskemu.org/journal/index.php/annals/article/view/1616}, DOI={10.21649/akemu.v23i2.1616}, abstractNote={<p><strong>Abstract</strong></p> <p><strong>Objective:</strong><strong>  </strong>To assess the effect of company during academic years on the habit of cigarette smoking.</p> <p><strong>Materials and Methods:</strong><strong>  </strong>This Cross-sectional descriptive study was conducted in130 doctors from three different hospitals of Lahore. Written consent was taken; participants were questioned about smoking habit. Data was analyzed using SPSS20.</p> <p><strong>Result:</strong><strong>  </strong>Doctors (all smokers) were questioned about smoking habits. Response rate was 100%. The greatest percentage of Doctors started smoking due to influence of friends and family (65%). Majority of them stayed in private hostels (58%) and flats (29%) during their academic years. These doctors showed greater tendency towards smoking than the doctors that stayed with their family/children (15%).</p> <p><strong>Conclusion:</strong><strong>  </strong>Our results showed a marked tendency of tobacco smoking in doctors living without their families/children in Lahore. Majorities have the smokers in their friend’s circle and had started smoking under influence of them. Doctors who lived in private</p> <p>flats/hostels showed increase in tobacco use than who lived in the houses.</p> <p><strong>Key words:</strong><strong>  </strong>Cigarette smoking, Hostelites, Smokers in friends and family.</p>}, number={2}, journal={Annals of King Edward Medical University}, author={Mustafa, Awais and Zafar, Humaira and Jawad, Shahbano and Akram, Roman}, year={2017}, month={Aug.} }