use of smokeless tobacco among students in the city of chabahar: a cross-sectional study

The purpose of this study was to determine the prevalence of types of smokeless tobacco use between students in the city of chabahar.a total of 105 students were selected randomly from the schools of chabahar city. the sample size was calculated using theg*power software. for a questionnaire by the test-retest exam for knowledge and attitude structures, the reliability of the test (pearsoncorrelation coefficient’s) was 98% and 94%. the cronbach alpha of these structures was about 74%. the cvr for these structureswas 93% for knowledge and 88% for the structure of the attitude. data was analyzed using the spss16 software. in this study, 14students (13%) had a history of previous use and 48 students (45.7%) reported having had tobacco use at least once, 30 days beforestudying. the pearson correlation test indicated a significant relationship between smokeless tobacco use with the family number(-0.224), mother’s literacy (0.219), and father’s literacy (0.224). the number of smokeless tobacco users who had consumed at leastonce in the last month of the study were pan 26 (24.8%), gutkah 9 (8.6%), and biti 5 (4.8%). the results of the study show that theprevalence of smokeless tobacco use in students around the city of chabahar is high.