Contribution of parental and school personnel smoking to health risk behaviours among Finnish adolescents

Virtanen, Marianna; Pietikäinen, Minna; Kivimäki, Mika; Luopa, Pauliina; Jokela, Jukka; Elovainio, Marko; Vahtera, Jussi

doi:10.1186/1471-2458-9-382

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“…This may due to the reduction of family influence on adolescents as they grow older and their first and second hand exposure to the adverse effects of smoking may make smoking less appealing to them. The findings of this study however is not consistent with results reported from Kleinjan et al (2009) andVirtanen et al (2009) who found a lower likelihood of the intention to cease smoking among adolescents whose parents were smokers. Brown et al (2010) also reported that siblings who smoked was one of the predictors to future smoking intention among adolescents.…”

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Prevalence and Factors Associated with Smoking Intentions among Non-smoking and Smoking Adolescents in Kota Tinggi, Johor, Malaysia

Hock¹,

Ghazali²,

Kee³

et al. 2014

Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention

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Intention to smoke is a valid and reliable factor for predicting future smoking habits among adolescents. This factor, however, has received inadequate attention in Malaysia. The present paper elaborates the prevalence and factors associated with intent to initiate or to cease smoking, among adolescent nonsmokers and smokers in Kota Tinggi, Johor, Malaysia. A total of 2,300 secondary school students aged 13-16 years were selected through a two-stage stratified sampling method. A set of standardized questionnaires was used to assess the smoking behavior among adolescents and the inter-personal and intra-personal factors associated with smoking intention (intention to initiate smoking or to cease smoking). Multivariable logistic regression was used to identify factors related to smoking intention. The prevalence of intention to smoke in the future or to cease smoking among nonsmoking adolescents and current smokers were 10.7% and 61.7% respectively. Having friends who smoke, social influence, and poor knowledge about the ill effects on health due to smoking showed significant relationships with intention to smoke in the future among non-smokers. Conversely, perceived lower prevalence of smoking among peers, weak contributory social influence, and greater awareness of the ill effects of smoking are factors associated with the intention to cease smoking sometime in the future. The study found that prevalence of intention to initiate smoking is low among non-smokers while the majority of current smokers intended to cease smoking in the future. Existing anti-smoking programmes that integrate the factors that have been identified in the current study should be put in motion to reduce the prevalence of intention to initiate smoking and increase the intention to cease smoking among adolescents.

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Prevalence and Factors Associated with Smoking Intentions among Non-smoking and Smoking Adolescents in Kota Tinggi, Johor, Malaysia

Hock¹,

Ghazali²,

Kee³

et al. 2014

Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention

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“…Thus, smoking prevention should be aimed at young people (5,6). Children and adolescents learn smoking from their role models (7). Given that teachers are respected people, they have a great responsibility for tobacco control (8).…”

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Prevalence of Tobacco Use among School Teachers and Effect of Training on Tobacco Use in Western Turkey

Mermer

Dağhan

Bilge

et al. 2016

Cent Eur J Public Health

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SUMMARYBackground and Aim: Tobacco consumption is still a prevalent issue. Given that teachers are respected in society, they have a great responsibility for tobacco control. This study examines, using the Transtheoretical Model (TTM), the prevalence of tobacco use among teachers and their different stages of tobacco use. It also evaluates teachers' views on smoking and the effectiveness of training on tobacco use.Methods: This study is quasi-experimental. Pre-test and post-test were used first with a cross-sectional group, then with a single group to determine the frequency of tobacco use. The research participation complied with the voluntary principles and the participation rate was 84.9%. The research sample comprised 450 teachers working at schools (N = 17) under the Kemalpasa Directorate of Education. The data form contained 29 questions about socio-demographic characteristics and smoking habits. The Fagerstrom Test for Nicotine Dependence (FTND), Smoking Decisional Balance Scale (SDBS), and the Stage of Change were used. A pre-test was also administered, and training was given between January 13 and March 4, 2014. After the training sessions, two short messages (SMS) were sent on March 12 and March 19, 2014. A post-test was administered between April 1 and May 21, 2014. The relevant institutions and participants gave the requisite permission for the data used in this study. Percentage distribution, dependent t-tests and chi-square tests were used to evaluate the research data.Results: The median age of the teachers was 37.49 ± 7.84. The teachers' mean score for the pre-test of FTND was 5.7 ± 2.03, and their mean score for the post-test was 3.25 ± 2.07. Post-test scores were remarkably lower than the pre-test scores. It was found that teachers' mean scores for SDBS were different before and after training. After training, anti-smoking attitudes increased (pros-cons scores: pre-test: −3.64 ± 4.68, posttest: −11.25 ± 5.48). The training helped the entire group to make progress in the process change.Conclusion: After training on "the health effects of smoking", teachers' anti-smoking attitudes rose on the smoking decision balance scale, their nicotine dependency was reduced, and they were able to move forward in a positive direction.

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“…We found that teachers smoking in the presence of students are related to smoking onset. Similarly to previous studies (Murray, Kiryluk, y Swan, 1984;de Moor et al, 1992), there was no correlation between the percentages of teachers and students that smoked but a study in Finland (Virtanen et al, 2009) showed a discreet association. Interestingly, a study performed in 1979 showed a close association between smoking by teachers and adolescents (Bewley, Johnson, y Banks, 1979), but this may have been due to a strong correlation between smoking in front of students and percentage of smoking teachers at that time.…”

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El instituto, la familia y el tabaquismo en adolescentes

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Resumen AbstractThe socio-cultural environment is an important factor involved with the onset of smoking during adolescence. Initiation of cigarette smoking occurs almost exclusively during this stage. In this context we aimed to analyze the association of school and family factors with adolescent smoking by a cross-sectional study of 16 secondary schools randomly selected from the Balearic Islands involved 3673 students and 530 teachers.The prevalence of regular smoking (at least one cigarette per week) was 4.8% among first year students, 11.6% among second year students, 14.1% among third year students, 20.9% among fourth year students and 22% among teachers.Among first and second year students, there were independent associations between regular smoking and adolescents' perception of being allowed to smoke at home, belonging to a single parent family, poor relationship with parents, poor academic performance, lack of interest in studies and teachers' perception of smoking in the presence of pupils.Among third and fourth year students, there were independent associations between regular smoking and poor relationship with parents, adolescents' perception of being allowed to smoke at home, poor academic performance, lack of control over student misbehavior and the school attended.The school policies and practices affect student related health behavior regarding smoking, independent of individual and family factors.Key words: smoking, adolescence, schools, teachers, family.El entorno socio-cultural es un importante factor implicado en el inicio del tabaquismo durante la adolescencia. El inicio del tabaquismo ocurre casi exclusivamente en esa etapa. En este contexto, el objetivo era analizar la asociación entre factores escolares y familiares y tabaquismo en adolescentes, mediante un estudio transversal a una muestra aleatoria de 16 centros escolares de las Islas Baleares, donde participaron un total de 3673 escolares de Educación Secundaria Obligatoria (ESO) y 530 profesores de dichos centros. La prevalencia de tabaquismo regular (al menos un cigarrillo por semana) fue de 4,8% entre los estudiantes de primero de ESO, el 11,6% entre los estudiantes de segundo de ESO, el 14,1% entre los estudiantes de tercero de ESO, el 20,9% entre los estudiantes de cuarto de ESO y del 22% entre los profesores. Entre los estudiantes de primero y segundo año, había asociaciones independientes entre el tabaquismo regular y: poder fumar en casa, pertenecer a una familia monoparental, tener una mala relación con los padres, bajo rendimiento académico, falta de interés en los estudios y la propia percepción de los profesores de consumo de tabaco por parte del profesorado en presencia de alumnos. Entre los alumnos de tercero y cuarto de ESO las variables que se mostraron independientemente asociadas al tabaquismo regular fueron: una mala relación con los padres, poder fumar en casa, bajo nivel académico, mayor transigencia del centro escolar sobre la mala conducta del estudiante y el propio centro escolar. Las políticas y prácticas esco...

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Contribution of parental and school personnel smoking to health risk behaviours among Finnish adolescents

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References 41 publications

Prevalence and Factors Associated with Smoking Intentions among Non-smoking and Smoking Adolescents in Kota Tinggi, Johor, Malaysia

Prevalence and Factors Associated with Smoking Intentions among Non-smoking and Smoking Adolescents in Kota Tinggi, Johor, Malaysia

Prevalence of Tobacco Use among School Teachers and Effect of Training on Tobacco Use in Western Turkey

El instituto, la familia y el tabaquismo en adolescentes

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