A Study of Social Factors Affecting the Consumption of Tobacco: The Case of Boukan Citizens

Tabacco smoking has affected a large number of people and taking its interaction with other social problems into consideration, can indicate a foundational treat. The aim of this study is to evaluate the tendency of tobacco consumption in the town of Boukan west of Azarbayejan. We evaluated three dimensions: cognitive, emotional, behavioral and social factors affecting the consumption of tobacco. Our conceptual framework is derived from approaches to lifestyle and leisure time proposed by Weber, Simmel and Bourdieu. We surveyed a sample of citizens of 18 years old citizens and over in Boukan, using a researcher constructed questioner to gather and analysis the needed data. The results show that the variables of socioeconomic status, modernistic leisure time, co usage taste, age and income level, have a positive and significant statistical relationship with the tendency toward tobacco consumption. Conversely, the relationship between traditional forms of leisure time with tendency to consume tobacco is found to be statistically negative. Therefore, we can say changing the form of leisure time is expected to reduce the tendency to consume tobacco. Also, multiple regression analysis indicated that independent variables explain 53 percent of variation explained on the dependent variable.