Comparison of smoking status of middle school students during 2012 to 2017 in Quzhou
10.16835/j.cnki.1000-9817.2020.04.010
- VernacularTitle:衢州市中学生2012年与2017年吸烟情况比较
- Author:
GAN Zhijuan, WANG Min, JIANG Xianchen, LAI Shiming
1
Author Information
1. School of Public Health，Zhejiang University, Hangzhou(310058), China
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Tobacco;
Smoking;
Dangerous behavior;
Health education;
Students
- From:
Chinese Journal of School Health
2020;41(4):518-520
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective:To understand the change of smoking status among middle school students in Quzhou City from 2012 to 2017, and to provide a basis for school tobacco control.
Methods:Through stratified cluster sampling method, Zhejiang youth health-related behavior questionnaire survey was conducted among 1 454 students in May 2012 and among 1 655 students in May 2017.
Results:Among middle school students in Quzhou, attempting smoking rate, ever-smoking a whole cigarette reporting rate and current-smoking report rate decreased from 31.36%, 17.81% and 8.73% in 2012 to 21.70%,12.45% and 6.22% in 2018 respectively, with statistically significant differences(χ2=37.30,17.52,7.12,P<0.01). Among the current-smoking students, the rate of smoking frequency≥20 d/month and heavy-smoking rate decreased from 30.71% and 7.09% in 2012 to 15.53% and 0.97% respectively. It showed that attempting smoking rate, ever-smoking a whole cigarette reporting rate and current-smoking report rate of male students were higher than that of female students(χ2=117.50,63.99;47.14,51.26;110.18,22.50), and the non-ordinary high school students were higher than that of ordinary high school students and middle school students across two waves surveillance(χ2=47.14,51.26;70.34,43.77;62.67,22.50)(P<0.01).
Conclusion:School tobacco control have made a great progress，the tobacco use behavior of middle school students declines sharply in Quzhou.
