Cigarette Smoking Experience and its related Socio-demographic and Environmental Risk Factors in High School Boy Students, Shiraz- Iran
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Background
Several environmental and psychosocial risk factors are known for adolescent smoking as the single cause of preventable diseases and premature death. This cross-sectional study aimed to determine the prevalence of cigarette smoking, socio-demographic factors associated with cigarette smoking (age, education level, parents job, and familys socioeconomic statues), and the role of family and friends in cigarette smoking by high school students.Materials And Methods
In this cross-sectional study which was conducted in Shiraz, Iran, 900 high school boy students (grades 9-11) were selected through multistage random cluster sampling. They responded a researcher designed anonymous questionnaire about smoking experiences of themselves- and their friends and family members. Chi-square and Mann-Whitney U test and Binary logistic regression analysis were used to analysis of the data, using the SPSS version 17.0.Results
The mean age of the participants was 16.11 (1.16) years and 19.7% of the students were ever smokers. Students higher educational grade (P=0.001), fathers lower education level (P=0.03), live with one parent or people other than parents (P=0.024), fathers, siblings, and friends smoking, and family members cigarette smoking at home (PConclusion
Cigarette smoking is a public health concern in all families from different socio-economic status. Special attention to orphans and children of divorce, setting rules about cigarette smoking in families, monitoring and being aware of offsprings and their friends behavior can be recommended. Keywords:
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English
Published:
International Journal of Pediatrics, Volume:5 Issue: 38, Feb 2017
Pages:
4263 to 4274
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