An investigation on the situation on smoking tries and its influencing factors among college students in Wenzhou / 预防医学
Journal of Preventive Medicine
;
(12): 458-460,464, 2016.
Article
in Chinese
| WPRIM
| ID: wpr-792499
ABSTRACT
Objective TolearnthesituationofsmokingtriesanditsinfluencingfactorsamongundergraduatesinWenzhou City.Methods Withdifferentprofessions,510undergraduatesfromgrade1to3intwouniversitieswereselectedby stratified random sampling and investigated using a self-developed questionnaire.The influencing factors for smoking initiationofstudentswereanalyzedusingchi-squaretestandlogisticregression.Results Atotalof510undergraduates were investigated and 505 finished the questionnaires.The prevalence of smoking tries was 33.47%,and the prevalence among male students was higher than female students (50.80%vs.1 6.47%,P<0.01 ).The prevalence of smoking tries among non medical students was higher than that of medical students (40.08% vs.27.1 3%,P<0.01 ).The current smoking rate was 9.31%,and the main reason for this behaviors was social need (53.1 9%).Regression analysis showed that female(OR=0.38,95%CI0.24-0.62)was a protective factor of smoking tries while the peer smoking behavior was theriskfactorsmokingtries(OR=3.46,95%CI2.44-4.90).Conclusion Theprevalenceofsmokingtries, willingness to smoke and secondhand smoke exposure were high among the universities students.Education of tobacco control should be strengthened,and the tobacco control of peer-education model can be promoted.
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Type of study:
Prognostic study
Language:
Chinese
Journal:
Journal of Preventive Medicine
Year:
2016
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