An investigation on the situation on smoking tries and its influencing factors among college students in Wenzhou
- VernacularTitle:大学生尝试吸烟及影响因素调查
- Author:
Gui-Li YANG
1
;
Lin HU
;
Xiao-Hong ZHANG
;
Xue DONG
;
Na LIN
Author Information
1. 温州市疾病预防控制中心
- Keywords:
Undergraduate;
Smoking initiation;
Influencing factors
- From:
Journal of Preventive Medicine
2016;28(5):458-460,464
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
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%CI:0.24-0.62)was a protective factor of smoking tries while the peer smoking behavior was theriskfactorsmokingtries(OR=3.46,95%CI:2.44-4.90).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.
