Effect of religious beliefs on the smoking behaviour of university students: quantitative findings from Malaysia

The Malaysian ofﬁcial Islamic authorities have issued a ‘‘fatwa’’ (Islamic ruling) regarding smoking practice which prohibits Muslims from smoking because of its potential harm to health. Since the prevalence of smoking among Malaysian students is high, this study was designed to explore the perc...

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Main Authors:	Elkalmi, Ramadan Mohamed Mahmod, Alkoudmani, Ramez M., Elsayed, Tarek Mohamed Ali, Ahmad, Akram, Khan, Muhammad Umair
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spelling	iium-449522017-04-13T07:06:01Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/44952/ Effect of religious beliefs on the smoking behaviour of university students: quantitative findings from Malaysia Elkalmi, Ramadan Mohamed Mahmod Alkoudmani, Ramez M. Elsayed, Tarek Mohamed Ali Ahmad, Akram Khan, Muhammad Umair RS Pharmacy and materia medica The Malaysian ofﬁcial Islamic authorities have issued a ‘‘fatwa’’ (Islamic ruling) regarding smoking practice which prohibits Muslims from smoking because of its potential harm to health. Since the prevalence of smoking among Malaysian students is high, this study was designed to explore the perceptions and opinions of Malaysian Muslim students towards smoking in International Islamic University of Malaysia. A prospective, cross-sectional study was conducted among School of Science students in International Islamic University Malaysia. Convenience sampling approach was used to recruit 323 students based on sample size calculation. A content- and face-validated questionnaire was used to collect the data from the participants. Non-smokers highly supported the fatwa on smoking forbiddance than smokers (94 vs 64.3 %, p = 0.001). A signiﬁcant proportion of non-smokers believed that Islam prohibits smoking because of its potential harm (94.9 vs 71.4 %, p = 0.001). Majority of smokers agreed that addiction is the main barrier towards smoking cessation (78.6 vs 61.5 %, p = 0.019). The results showed positive inﬂuences of Islamic beliefs on the non-smokers. Further studies are required to validate these ﬁndings by surveying other universities of Malaysia. Springer 2015-10-01 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/44952/1/art%253A10.1007%252Fs10943-015-0136-0.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/44952/4/44952_Effect%20of%20religious%20beliefs_SCOPUS_WOS.pdf Elkalmi, Ramadan Mohamed Mahmod and Alkoudmani, Ramez M. and Elsayed, Tarek Mohamed Ali and Ahmad, Akram and Khan, Muhammad Umair (2015) Effect of religious beliefs on the smoking behaviour of university students: quantitative findings from Malaysia. Journal of Religion and Health, 55 (6). pp. 1-7. ISSN 0022-4197 E-ISSN 1573-6751 http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10943-015-0136-0 10.1007/s10943-015-0136-0
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spellingShingle	RS Pharmacy and materia medica Elkalmi, Ramadan Mohamed Mahmod Alkoudmani, Ramez M. Elsayed, Tarek Mohamed Ali Ahmad, Akram Khan, Muhammad Umair Effect of religious beliefs on the smoking behaviour of university students: quantitative findings from Malaysia
description	The Malaysian ofﬁcial Islamic authorities have issued a ‘‘fatwa’’ (Islamic ruling) regarding smoking practice which prohibits Muslims from smoking because of its potential harm to health. Since the prevalence of smoking among Malaysian students is high, this study was designed to explore the perceptions and opinions of Malaysian Muslim students towards smoking in International Islamic University of Malaysia. A prospective, cross-sectional study was conducted among School of Science students in International Islamic University Malaysia. Convenience sampling approach was used to recruit 323 students based on sample size calculation. A content- and face-validated questionnaire was used to collect the data from the participants. Non-smokers highly supported the fatwa on smoking forbiddance than smokers (94 vs 64.3 %, p = 0.001). A signiﬁcant proportion of non-smokers believed that Islam prohibits smoking because of its potential harm (94.9 vs 71.4 %, p = 0.001). Majority of smokers agreed that addiction is the main barrier towards smoking cessation (78.6 vs 61.5 %, p = 0.019). The results showed positive inﬂuences of Islamic beliefs on the non-smokers. Further studies are required to validate these ﬁndings by surveying other universities of Malaysia.
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author	Elkalmi, Ramadan Mohamed Mahmod Alkoudmani, Ramez M. Elsayed, Tarek Mohamed Ali Ahmad, Akram Khan, Muhammad Umair
author_facet	Elkalmi, Ramadan Mohamed Mahmod Alkoudmani, Ramez M. Elsayed, Tarek Mohamed Ali Ahmad, Akram Khan, Muhammad Umair
author_sort	Elkalmi, Ramadan Mohamed Mahmod
title	Effect of religious beliefs on the smoking behaviour of university students: quantitative findings from Malaysia
title_short	Effect of religious beliefs on the smoking behaviour of university students: quantitative findings from Malaysia
title_full	Effect of religious beliefs on the smoking behaviour of university students: quantitative findings from Malaysia
title_fullStr	Effect of religious beliefs on the smoking behaviour of university students: quantitative findings from Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed	Effect of religious beliefs on the smoking behaviour of university students: quantitative findings from Malaysia
title_sort	effect of religious beliefs on the smoking behaviour of university students: quantitative findings from malaysia
publisher	Springer
publishDate	2015
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Effect of religious beliefs on the smoking behaviour of university students: quantitative findings from Malaysia

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