Cigarette Smoking and its risk factors among senior high school students in Beijing, China, 1988

Wang, S. Q.; Yu, Jia-xi; Zhu, Bowen; Liu, M.; He, Guiqin

doi:10.1136/tc.3.2.107

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“…These roles may have a direct impact on the smoking rates of males and females. For example, in China the rates of smoking in adolescent males ranges from 15% to 48% compared to 1% to 13% for females (Wang, Yu, Zhu, Liu, and He, 1994;Yang, Fan, Tan, and et al, 1999;Yang et al, 2004;Zhang, Wang, Zhao, and Vartiainen, 2000). The rates of current smoking also differ from country to country in South and Central America, from a low of 6% in Venezuela to a high of 36% in Coquimbo, Chile, among males (The Global Youth Tobacco Survey Collaborative Group, 2003).…”

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A Longitudinal Analysis of Stressful Life Events, Smoking Behaviors, and Gender Differences in a Multicultural Sample of Adolescents

Booker¹,

Unger²,

Azen³

et al. 2008

Substance Use & Misuse

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Many studies have addressed the associations between stressful life events and adolescent smoking. Few studies, however, have examined gender differences, specifically with multicultural samples. This longitudinal study examines the relationship between 6 stress subscales and smoking behaviors 716 multicultural U.S. adolescents living in the greater Los Angeles area in 2000-2001. At baseline the ethnic break-down of the sample was 63% Latino and 26% Asian/PI and 70% were 11 years of age. Negative personal events were associated with lifetime smoking and negative school events were associated with intentions to smoke. Stratification of the sample by gender indicated that gender confounded the relationship between negative personal stress and lifetime smoking and negative school stress, positive personal stress and intentions to smoke. Two significant interactions were found. Findings indicate there are differential effects of stressful events between genders which may lead to smoking experimentation or intentions to smoke. Implications and limitations are discussed.

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A Longitudinal Analysis of Stressful Life Events, Smoking Behaviors, and Gender Differences in a Multicultural Sample of Adolescents

Booker¹,

Unger²,

Azen³

et al. 2008

Substance Use & Misuse

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“…The reasons given by smokers for this activity are broadly categorized as addictive smoking, pleasure from smoking, tension reduction/relaxation, social smoking, stimulation, and habit/automatism (Berlin, Singleton, Pedarriosse, Lancrenon, Rames, Aubin, & Niaura, 2003). Researchers have also reported that some people use smoking for the pleasure of handling the cigarette (Berlin et al, 2003;Wang, Yu and Zhu, 1994).…”

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Gender, locus of control and smoking habits of undergraduate students

Abikoye¹,

Fusigboye²

2011

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Health psychologists believe that a significant proportion of human morbidity and mortality could be significantly reduced and humans' quality of life greatly enhanced if people could be helped to correct their health-impairing habits and behaviours, such as smoking and other forms of substance abuse. The present study investigated the influence of gender and locus of control on smoking habit of 230 smoking student-patrons of two relaxation centers in Ago-Iwoye, the host community of Olabisi Onabanjo University. Participants were 137 (59.6%) male and 93 (40.4%) female students with a mean age of 24.93 (SD = 4.58). Relevant data were collected using snowballing technique over an eight-week period, with a standardized, three-sectioned questionnaire. Results showed that locus of control had a significant influence on smoking habit {t (2,226) = 21.21, p<0.05}, with internals reporting significantly and relatively higher on smoking habits than externals. Results further showed that there was no significant difference of gender on smoking habit among undergraduate students {t (2,228) = 3.83, p>0.05}. These and other findings in the study were discussed and their implications for intervention programmes on smoking reduction or (and) cessation were highlighted.

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“…There have been several previous studies on smoking prevalence and smoking-related knowledge, attitudes, and behaviours among adolescents in China, including the Global Youth Tobacco Survey. [4][5][6] These studies were limited to a few regions and had small sample sizes, except for the Global Youth Tobacco Survey, which included over 10 000 children, 13-15 years of age, from four cities. The present survey was carried out in 1998 to gain a more comprehensive picture of smoking prevalence; knowledge and attitudes relating to smoking; the health effects of smoking and tobacco control programmes; and tobacco-related behaviours among youth in and out of school.…”

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Smoking among adolescents in China: 1998 survey findings

Yang

Ma²,

Chen³

et al. 2004

International Journal of Epidemiology

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Background In China, tobacco smoking accounts for approximately 800 000 deaths annually and evidence suggests that tobacco use is rising. To improve tobacco control initiatives directed at youth, we conducted a population-based survey of children ages 11-20 years, both in and out of school. While there have been previous school-based studies on smoking prevalence and smoking-related knowledge, attitudes, and behaviours among adolescents in China, including the Global Youth Tobacco Survey, this survey also describes smoking behaviour among nonstudent youth. This population is important as approximately 40% of Chinese youths aged 15-19 years have already discontinued their studies.

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Cigarette Smoking and its risk factors among senior high school students in Beijing, China, 1988

Cited by 27 publications

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A Longitudinal Analysis of Stressful Life Events, Smoking Behaviors, and Gender Differences in a Multicultural Sample of Adolescents

A Longitudinal Analysis of Stressful Life Events, Smoking Behaviors, and Gender Differences in a Multicultural Sample of Adolescents

Gender, locus of control and smoking habits of undergraduate students

Smoking among adolescents in China: 1998 survey findings

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