Table 4 Attitudes of parents towards smoking habit of their sons and daughters
Cigarette smokers | Hookah smokers | Cigarette and hookah smokers | Ex-smokers | Never smoker | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Total | Regular | Irregular | Total | Heavy | Light | Total | Regular and heavy | Regular and light | Total | Regular | Irregular | Total | Percent | |
Accept a smoking family member | ||||||||||||||
S-agree/agree | 33 | 10.8 % | 11.5 % | 26 | 14.9 % | 16.1 % | 10 | 18.8 % | 16.7 % | 32 | 9.9 % | 11.6 % | 11 | 3.4 % |
Neutral | 75 | 23.6 % | 30.8 % | 37 | 25.5 % | 21.2 % | 11 | 12.5 % | 21.4 % | 69 | 21.2 % | 25.6 % | 35 | 10.9 % |
S-disagree/disagree | 194 | 65.6 % | 57.7 % | 102 | 59.6 % | 62.7 % | 37 | 68.8 % | 61.9 % | 207 | 68.9 % | 62.8 % | 274 | 85.6 % |
P value | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | ||||||||||
Accept a hookah smoking family member | ||||||||||||||
S-agree/agree | 43 | 14.1 % | 15.4 % | 49 | 36.2 % | 27.1 % | 15 | 29.4 % | 24.4 % | 47 | 14.5 % | 17.6 % | 18 | 5.6 % |
Neutral | 72 | 21.8 % | 34.6 % | 45 | 23.4 % | 28.8 % | 12 | 17.6 % | 22.0 % | 62 | 19.9 % | 21.2 % | 40 | 12.4 % |
S-disagree/disagree | 185 | 64.1 % | 50.0 % | 71 | 40.4 % | 44.1 % | 31 | 52.9 % | 53.7 % | 197 | 65.6 % | 61.2 % | 264 | 82.0 % |
P value | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.010 | ||||||||||
Parents: accept that your son smoke cigarettes | ||||||||||||||
S-agree/agree | 12 | 5.7 % | 8.8 % | 9 | 18.8 % | 4.3 % | 4 | 27.3 % | 4.0 % | 12 | 7.0 % | 3.3 % | 4 | 2.2 % |
Neutral | 23 | 10.8 % | 17.6 % | 16 | 18.8 % | 14.5 % | 4 | 9.1 % | 12.0 % | 24 | 9.8 % | 16.4 % | 8 | 4.3 % |
S-disagree/disagree | 157 | 83.5 % | 73.5 % | 76 | 62.5 % | 81.2 % | 28 | 63.6 % | 84.0 % | 168 | 83.2 % | 80.3 % | 174 | 93.5 % |
P value | 0.028 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.002 | ||||||||||
Parents: accept son smoking hookah | ||||||||||||||
S-agree/agree | 13 | 7.4 % | 2.9 % | 11 | 21.9 % | 6.2 % | 1 | 11.1 % | 0.0 % | 16 | 6.6 % | 9.7 % | 0 | 0.0 % |
Neutral | 18 | 6.8 % | 20.0 % | 14 | 12.5 % | 15.4 % | 4 | 11.1 % | 12.5 % | 21 | 6.6 % | 17.7 % | 9 | 5.0 % |
S-disagree/disagree | 166 | 85.8 % | 77.1 % | 72 | 65.6% | 78.5 % | 28 | 77.8 % | 87.5% | 177 | 86.8 % | 72.6 % | 172 | 95.0 % |
P value | 0.006 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.002 | ||||||||||
Parents: accept daughter smoking cigarettes | ||||||||||||||
S-agree/agree | 5 | 2.5 % | 2.8 % | 7 | 12.5 % | 4.7 % | 1 | 11.1 % | 0.0 % | 6 | 2.6 % | 3.3 % | 1 | 0.6 % |
Neutral | 18 | 7.4 % | 16.7 % | 9 | 15.6 % | 6.3 % | 2 | 11.1 % | 4.2 % | 17 | 5.8 % | 13.1 % | 1 | 0.6 % |
S-disagree/disagree | 175 | 90.1 % | 80.6 % | 80 | 71.9 % | 89.1 % | 30 | 77.8 % | 95.8 % | 192 | 91.6 % | 83.6 % | 179 | 98.9 % |
P value | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.017 | ||||||||||
Parents: accept daughter smoking hookah | ||||||||||||||
S-agree/agree | 5 | 2.5 % | 2.8 % | 7 | 12.5 % | 4.7 % | 0 | 0.0 % | 0.0 % | 5 | 1.9 % | 3.3 % | 1 | 0.5 % |
Neutral | 21 | 8.6 % | 19.4 % | 11 | 15.6 % | 9.4 % | 3 | 22.2 % | 4.2 % | 23 | 7.1 % | 19.7 % | 7 | 3.8 % |
S-disagree/disagree | 173 | 89.0 % | 77.8 % | 78 | 71.9 % | 85.9 % | 30 | 77.8 % | 95.8 % | 188 | 91.0 % | 77.0 % | 178 | 95.7 % |
P value | 0.014 | 0.001 | 0.001 | 0.019 | ||||||||||
Sons and daughters: father accepts them to smoke hookah | ||||||||||||||
Don’t know | 16 | 10.3 % | 6.7 % | 13 | 3.4 % | 13.6 % | 4 | 7.7 % | 9.4 % | 12 | 7.5 % | 8.7 % | 15 | 9.0 % |
No | 103 | 61.0 % | 66.7 % | 63 | 48.3 % | 55.7 % | 23 | 38.5 % | 56.3 % | 96 | 63.2 % | 63.0 % | 132 | 79.5 % |
Yes | 47 | 28.7 % | 26.7 % | 41 | 48.3 % | 30.7 % | 18 | 53.8 % | 34.4 % | 44 | 29.2 % | 28.3 % | 19 | 11.4 % |
P value | 0.039 | 0.000 | 0.022 | |||||||||||
Sons and daughters: mother accepts them to smoke hookah | ||||||||||||||
Don’t know | 14 | 9.7 % | 3.3 % | 8 | 0.0 % | 9.1 % | 1 | 0.0 % | 3.3 % | 14 | 9.5 % | 8.7 % | 13 | 7.9 % |
No | 107 | 63.4 % | 73.3 % | 72 | 51.7 % | 64.8 % | 27 | 38.5 % | 73.3 % | 96 | 61.9 % | 67.4 % | 134 | 81.2 % |
Yes | 43 | 26.9 % | 23.3 % | 37 | 48.3 % | 26.1 % | 15 | 61.5 % | 23.3 % | 41 | 28.6 % | 23.9 % | 18 | 10.9 % |
P value | 0.054 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.080 | ||||||||||
Sons and daughters: father accepts them to smoke cigarettes | ||||||||||||||
Don’t know | 6 | 2.8 % | 6.3 % | 11 | 3.7 % | 12.0 % | 1 | 0.0 % | 3.3 % | 7 | 2.8 % | 8.3 % | 6 | 3.6 % |
No | 136 | 75.7 % | 84.4 % | 88 | 81.5 % | 79.5 % | 31 | 66.7 % | 76.7 % | 117 | 73.4 % | 77.1 % | 152 | 91.6 % |
Yes | 34 | 21.5 % | 9.4 % | 11 | 14.8 % | 8.4 % | 10 | 33.3 % | 20.0 % | 33 | 23.9 % | 14.6 % | 8 | 4.8 % |
P value | 0.000 | 0.026 | 0.026 | 0.000 | ||||||||||
Sons and daughters: mother accepts them to smoke cigarettes | ||||||||||||||
Don’t know | 8 | 4.2 % | 6.3 % | 10 | 7.4 % | 9.4 % | 3 | 8.3 % | 6.7 % | 7 | 3.7 % | 6.4 % | 6 | 3.6 % |
No | 136 | 76.8 % | 84.4 % | 94 | 77.8 % | 85.9 % | 32 | 58.3 % | 83.3 % | 120 | 75.0 % | 83.0 % | 152 | 92.1 % |
Yes | 30 | 19.0 % | 9.4 % | 8 | 14.8 % | 4.7 % | 7 | 33.3 % | 10.0 % | 28 | 21.3 % | 10.6 % | 7 | 4.2 % |
P value | 0.000 | 0.109 | 0.109 | 0.001 | ||||||||||
Being a smoker make family member smoke | ||||||||||||||
S-agree/agree | 133 | 51.0 % | 28.1 % | 50 | 46.2 % | 52.1 % | 27 | 63.6 % | 48.8 % | 125 | 51.9 % | 49.2 % | 3 | 42.9 % |
Neutral | 54 | 18.1 % | 31.3 % | 21 | 34.6 % | 16.4 % | 10 | 9.1 % | 22.0 % | 43 | 16.4 % | 21.3 % | 2 | 28.6 % |
S-disagree/disagree | 88 | 30.9 % | 40.6 % | 28 | 19.2 % | 31.5 % | 15 | 27.3 % | 29.3 % | 76 | 31.7 % | 29.5 % | 2 | 28.6 % |
Smoking harms others around me | ||||||||||||||
S-agree/agree | 239 | 88.8 % | 83.3 % | 81 | 92.3 % | 81.4 % | 45 | 90.9% | 87.5 % | 210 | 89.4 % | 83.1 % | 4 | 80.0 % |
Neutral | 22 | 7.5 % | 13.3 % | 8 | 7.7 % | 8.6 % | 4 | 9.1 % | 7.5 % | 17 | 6.7 % | 8.5 % | 0 | 0.0 % |
S-disagree/disagree | 10 | 3.7 % | 3.3 % | 7 | 0.0 % | 10.0 % | 2 | 0.0 % | 5.0 % | 12 | 3.9 % | 8.5 % | 1 | 20.0 % |