Tobacco use rate and associated factors in middle school students in China
10.3760/cma.j.issn.0254-6450.2017.05.002
- VernacularTitle:中国初中学生烟草使用及其影响因素研究
- Author:
Lin XIAO
1
;
Guoze FENG
;
Yuan JIANG
;
Jingru ZHANG
;
Lixiang LIU
Author Information
1. 中国疾病预防控制中心控烟办公室
- Keywords:
Tobacco use;
Smoking;
Youth;
Associate factors
- From:Chinese Journal of Epidemiology
2017;38(5):567-571
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Objective To understand tobacco use rate and explore the factors associated with tobacco use in middle school students in China.Methods A self-administered questionnaire survey was conducted among 155 117 eligible middle students selected through multi-stage stratified cluster sampling from 31 provinces of China.The questionnaire consists of the following topics:tobacco use and cessation,passive smoking,access to tobacco products,tobacco control and tobacco advertisement,and knowledge about and attitudes to tobacco.Software SAS 9.3 was used for sample weighting and data analysis.Results Current tobacco use rate was 6.9％ in middle school students in China.The rate was higher in boys (11.2％) than in girls (2.2％),and in rural area (7.8％) than in urban area (4.8％).Students in western area had the highest tobacco use rate (10.3％),followed by the students in middle area (6.4％),and the rate in students in eastern area was lowest (4.5％).Parent smoking (especially mother smoking),friend smoking,teacher smoking,pocket money for a week ＞ 20 yuan,tobacco advertisement or promotion,passive smoking,misconception of tobacco addiction,active attitude to smoking behavior were the risk factors for tobacco use.Conclusions Smoking rate in boys in China was higher than the average global level.A comprehensive intervention strategy by Framework Convention on Tobacco Control should be used to reduce tobacco use in adolescents,including health education,increasing cigarette price,banning tobacco advertisement and promotion,and smoke-free legislation.
