epidemiology of smoking among medical students in iran: a systematic review study

Introduction: smoking is recognized as one of the most significant health threats. nowadays, the smoking rate is raising among educated youth. since medical students are the messengers of health in the future, this systematic review study was conducted to examine the epidemiology of smoking in iranian medical students.methodology: the present research project is a systematic review article. we searched words such as “smoking”, “students”, “medical sciences” in the persian journal's database about the epidemiology of smoking among medical students in iran; and then reviewed them using the prisma checklist. we searched through google scholar, sid, and magiran databases regardless of the time limit.findings: in this research, 13 articles were selected and their titles and abstracts were reviewed. the highest prevalence of smoking was in students of shahid beheshti university of medical sciences in tehran with 23.8% and the lowest in students of isfahan university of medical sciences with 4.6%. the most significant factor of smoking in the 4 articles was curiosity, in 4 articles, communication with smoking friends, and in 2 articles, fun and entertainment. most studies discover a remarkable connection between age, gender, and smoking. there was no remarkable connection between marital status and smoking. some studies stated a remarkable connection between the variables of parents' education level and smoking, and some studies stated a mismatch.conclusion: even though the rate of smoking among medical students in iranian universities is not higher than some other researches in other countries, but compared to previous years in iranian universities of medical sciences, demonstrates a growing increase. taking into account the growing trend of admission of medical students in iran, and the high prevalence of smoking among students, special attention should be paid to this group of young people in order to carry out smoking control interventions.