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study estimated prevalence investigated determinants eversmoking active smoking among schoolaged children jeddah data crucial developing optimal preventive corrective strategies address smoking among youth schoolbased crosssectional study conducted jeddah city ksa september 2020 december 2020 included 6770 children attending grades 412 selected 60 public private elementary middle secondary schools multistage randomcluster sampling arabic version global youth tobacco survey questionnaire used assess prevalence predictors tobacco use prevalence ever smoking 141 95 ci 132149 mean age children smoked first cigarette took puffs 1376 years sd 223 prevalence active smoking 38 95 ci 3343 amounts frequency cigarettes smoked past 30 days among smokers relatively low commonly consumed tobacco products cigarettes 472 hookah 429 cases active smokers bought cigarettes groceries convenience stores received person close ever smoking independently associated older age male gender private school mothers working status exposure passive smoking indoors outdoors active smoking independently associated older age male gender private school high amount pocket money perceived ease obtaining tobacco products exposure passive smoking observed smoking patterns among schoolaged children jeddah corresponded occasional smoking familyrelated determinants significant contributors findings highlight relevance implementing smoking cessation interventions awareness campaigns school community levels achieve maximal benefit