modeling the underlying predicting factors of tobacco smoking among adolescents

نویسندگان

m asghari jafarabadi

h allahverdipour

s bashirian

a jannati

چکیده

background: with regard to the willing and starting tobacco smoking among young people in iran. the aim of the study was to model the underlying factors in predicting the behavior of tobacco smoking among employed youth and students in iran. methods: in this analytical cross-sectional study, based on a random cluster sampling were recruited 850 high school students, employed and unemployed youth age ranged between 14 and 19 yr from iran. the data of demographic and tobacco smoking related variables were acquired via a self-administered questionnaire. a series of univariate and multivariate logistic regressions were performed respectively for computing un-adjusted and adjusted odds ratios utilizing spss 17 software. results: a number of 189 persons (25.6%) were smoker in the study and the mean smoking initiation age was 13.93 (sd= 2.21). in addition, smoker friend, peer persistence, leaving home, and smoking in one and six month ago were obtained as independent predictors of tobacco smoking. conclusions : the education programs on resistance skills against the persistence of the peers, improvement in health programs by governmental interference and policy should be implemented.

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iranian journal of public health

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