Authors : Osama A. Alkouri, Ahed J. Alkhatib and Mariam Kawafhah
Abstract: We conducted this study to review the literature about cultural perspectives of smoking models including cigarette smoking and waterpipe smoking. We found that the most surprising factors related to smoking models were being socially accepted and occurred in families and smoking parents are encouraging examples for their children to initiate smoking. Although, most smokers are aware of health hazards of smoking, they are still smoking. Cultural perspectives are the sum of perceptions, attitudes in addition to knowledge. We found that smokers have adapted their own special cultural perspectives towards smoking and have also developed positive attitudes towards smoking. For any anti-smoking programs to success in smoking quitting, cultural perspectives towards smoking have to be taken into account. Values are taken from family, school, friends and community. If smoking is an acceptable pattern of behavior, then it is difficult to be combated. As a conclusion, we have to change our strategies in facing smoking through changing cultural perspectives of smoking.
Osama A. Alkouri, Ahed J. Alkhatib and Mariam Kawafhah, 2017. Cultural Perspectives of Smoking Models: Cigarette Smoking and Waterpipe Smoking. Research Journal of Biological Sciences, 12: 1-3.