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Background: Tobacco is a leading cause of preventable mortality and morbidity. College students are at high risk of smoking as they are prone to higher availability of cigarettes and stress. Although medical students are aware about the health hazards of tobacco smoking, they, as well as physicians, smoke. Consumption of tobacco and tobacco products, by smoking in particular, is considered to impose a net social cost to society. Smoking and tobacco use are increasingly considered to have acquired the dimensions of an epidemic. Aim: The study estimates the prevalence of smoking and assesses socio-demographic correlates of smoking and characteristics of cigarette smoking problem and associated risk factors among students in Faculty of Medicine and Civil engineering of Al-Anbar University. Methodology This descriptive cross sectional study is consisting of the answers to the questionnaire, and the research sample consisted of (172) students from the college of medicine, University of Anbar for their first stage, and the comparative sample is (93) students also from Civil engineering college, university of Anbar for the first stage, from February 1 to 15 April 2025. Results: The prevalence of current smokers in medical college was (10.47%), while in engineering college was (59.14%), with a highly significant difference (P = 0.02). The prevalence of EX-Smokers in medical college was (0.58%), while among engineering college students was (5.38%). Conclusion Cigarette smoking is a common problem among students despite their awareness about the health hazards of tobacco. Specific training and counseling should be part of the studies in university.

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University of Anbar, students, tobacco smoking

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