Smoking in relation to psychosocial risk factors in adolescents

Tomori, Martina; Zalar, Bojan; Plesničar, Blanka Kores; Ziherl, Slavko; Stergar, Eva

doi:10.1007/s007870170038

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“…In our population, living with both parents was protective for both gender groups. Previous studies have shown a reduced likelihood of smoking among adolescents who exercised [36]. However, no relationship was found between extracurricular sports and smoking in our study.…”

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“…Recent statistics published in 2005 by the "Observatoire Français des drogues et desagency dedicated to the fight against addictions), indicated that the proportion of daily tobacco smokers was decreasing with age for both sexes but was the highest in young adults (25-34 years 40% for men and 30% for women) [24]. Accordingly, in the same report, high dependency to tobacco smoking was shown to increase with age up to 44 years (from 11% for the 18-25 to 23% for the [36][37][38][39][40][41][42][43][44]. These statistics, prompted us to analyse unpublished data collected in '93-'94 for sex and gender differences in relation to tobacco smoking in a representative sample of 14,278 students aged 8 to 25 attending French public secondary schools.…”

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Sex and gender differences in tobacco smoking among adolescents in French secondary schools

Kalaboka

Piau

King

et al. 2016

Monaldi Arch Chest Dis

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Aim. We investigated the relationship between sex (genetic/biological) and gender (environmental/ cultural) factors in relation to adolescent tobacco smoking. Methods. A representative sample of 11,582 students from French secondary public schools participated in the study by completing a self-administered, standardised questionnaire. Results. Using the WHO classification for smoking in the youth, 15.6% of the adolescents were regular smokers, 7.7% occasional smokers, 17.9% experimental smokers and 4.8% ex-smokers, with no statistically significant gender difference. Taking non-smoking as a reference, puberty had a much greater effect on the likelihood of being a regular smoker [OR=18.0 (95% Confidence Interval: 9.6- 32)] than of being an experimental/occasional smoker [OR=3.7 (2.9-4.6)] among girls. For boys, the effect of puberty was not as great [OR=4.7 (3.5-6.5)] for regular vs. [OR=2.1 (1.8-2.5)] for experimental/occasional smokers). Similarly, illicit drug use had a larger effect on the likelihood of being regular smoker vs. non-smoker [OR=15.0 (12.0-20.0) in boys and 12 (8.8-16.0) in girls] than of being experimental/occasional smoker vs. a non-smoker [OR=4.8 (3.7-6.1) and 2.9 (2.1-3.9) respectively]. Other factors related to regular smoking were exposure to passive smoking and regular alcohol consumption. Living with both parents was a protective factor for life and regular smoking in both genders. Conclusions. Our results show that influential factors of sex-related (puberty), gender-specific (environmental tobacco smoking, alcohol consumption, drug abuse) or sex/gender (regular sexual intercourse) are related to the smoking behaviour in French adolescents.

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Sex and gender differences in tobacco smoking among adolescents in French secondary schools

Kalaboka

Piau

King

et al. 2016

Monaldi Arch Chest Dis

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“…These include the difficulties in using standardised international methodologies for assessing tobacco use (18,19). It is possible that under-reporting of severity of this addiction may have occurred because of negative associations with the habit (28). Also, although the study maintained strict anonymity of the respondents, female students needed some reassurance before they agreed to participate.…”

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Cigarette Smoking And Oral Health Among Healthcare Students

Komu

Dimba²,

Macigo³

et al. 2009

E Af Med Jrnl

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Background:The knowledge, attitudes and practices of cigarette smoking and health risks among health workers has been found to be predictive of their efficiency as agents for tobacco cessation campaigns. Objective: To describe the knowledge, attitudes and practices of cigarette smoking and oral health risks among healthcare professional students. Design: A cross sectional multi-level study. Setting: College of Health Sciences, University of Nairobi. Subjects: Two hundred and eighty one students. Results: Thirty four (12.1%) of the students were current smokers, 174 (61.95%) had never smoked, while 73 (26%) were former smokers. Seventy nine point four per cent of the current smokers were males and 20.6% were females. Pharmacy students had the highest smoking prevalence at 11 (32.4%), while dental and nursing students had the lowest percentages of current smokers. Differences observed in smoking status of students in the constituent schools of the College of Health Sciences were statistically significant (p = 0.008). Apart from knowledge levels on the association between tobacco consumption and lung cancer (p = 0.142), there were statistically significant differences in the awareness of the severe oral and systemic effects of smoking amongst the four student groups. Conclusions: There is a need for harmonisation of teaching of oral and systemic effects of smoking so as to impact on the smoking habits and effectiveness of healthcare professional students as agents of smoking cessation programmes.

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“…Tomori et al (2001) highlighted the importance of conflict within the family, pointing out that smoking in adolescence is more likely in settings in which family conflict is more frequent, and in which there is a lack of emotional support from the parents. Hetherington et al (1998) argued that dysfunctional family relations, such as conflict, negativity, lack of support and non-authoritative parenting practices, exacerbated the effects of divorce and remarriage on the children's adjustment.…”

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¿Cómo influye la desorganización familiar en el consumo de drogas de los hijos? Una revisión

Becoña

Martínez

Calafat³

et al. 2012

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Smoking in relation to psychosocial risk factors in adolescents

Abstract: Smoking behaviour in adolescence may be part of a pattern of problematic behaviour and may be linked to various psychopathological disturbances.

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Sex and gender differences in tobacco smoking among adolescents in French secondary schools

Sex and gender differences in tobacco smoking among adolescents in French secondary schools

Cigarette Smoking And Oral Health Among Healthcare Students

¿Cómo influye la desorganización familiar en el consumo de drogas de los hijos? Una revisión

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