Effectiveness of health education program on high schools students’ perception of Hookah-Related to health problems in Baghdad City

An experimental “pre-post design” was conducted to determine the effectiveness of health education program on students’ Perception of hookah smoking. A systematic random sample was selected from students were selected from a school in Al-Karkh side; (66) students in each of the study and the control groups. The study results demonstrated that the age mean for the study group was 17.3 ± 1.3; more than a third age 17-yearsold. For the study group, less than a half reported that they never smoked. For the control group, less than a half reported that they current smokers. There is a statistically significant difference in the mean score of hookah smoking perception for the study group between the pretest and posttest times. There is a statistically significant difference in the mean score of views about illness due to hookah smoking for the study group between the pretest and posttest times. Never smoked students have a sounder hookah smoking perception and better views about illness attributed to hookah smoking than those who are ex-smokers. Students whose fathers are current smokers have a sounder hookah smoking perception than those whose fathers never smoked.