Factors associated with the starting of cigarette smoking by primary school children

Bewley, Beulah R.; Bland, J. M.; Harris, Robert W.

doi:10.1136/jech.28.1.37

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“…Muslim women were more likely to smoke than Hindu or Christian women; people in manual occupations were more likely to smoke than those in professional or supervisory occupations; non-vegetarians were more likely to smoke than vegetarians; and people who drank alcohol were more likely to smoke than those who did not. Education and socioeconomic factors have been reported to be associated with smoking in diverse groups worldwide,9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 but risk factors like religion and non-vegetarianism may be unique to India. Other risk factors for smoking have been reported—notably, whether parents and family smoke,13 19 knowledge and attitudes related to smoking,20 21 locus of control,22 self esteem,23 and acculturation,15 16 17 18 but data on these were not obtained in the present study.…”

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confidence: 99%

Prevalence and patterns of smoking in Delhi: cross sectional study

Narayan

Chadha

Hanson

et al. 1996

BMJ

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Objective-To determine the prevalence and predictors of smoking in urban India.Design-Cross sectional. Setting-Delhi, urban India, 1985-6. Subjects-Random sample of 13 558 men and women aged 25-64 years.Main outcome measure-Smoking prevalence; subjects who were currently smoking and who had smoked > 100 cigarettes or beedis or chuttas in their lifetime were defined as smokers.Results-45% (95% confidence interval 43.8 to 46.2) of men and 7% (6.4 to 7.6) of women were smokers. Education was the strongest predictor of smoking, and men with no education were 1.8 (1.5 to 2.0) times more likely to be smokers than those with college education, and women with no education were 3.7 (2.9 to 4.8) times more likely. Among smokers, 52.6% of men and 4.9"!. of women smoked only cigarettes while the others also smoked beedi or chutta. Compared with cigarette smokers, people smoking beedi or chutta were more likely to be older and married; have lower education, manual occupations, incomes, and body mass index; and not drink alcohol or take part in leisure exercise.Conclusion-There are two subpopulations of smokers in urban India, and the prevention strategy required for each may be different. The educated, white collar cigarette smoker in India might respond to measures that make nonsmoking fashionable, while the less educated, low income people who smoke beedi or chutta may need strategies aimed at socioeconomic improvement.Diabetes and Arthritis Epidemiology Section,

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Prevalence and patterns of smoking in Delhi: cross sectional study

Narayan

Chadha

Hanson

et al. 1996

BMJ

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“…However, the most influence factor is from peers and parents [4], [5], [6], [7], [8].This show that the factor influence children is mostly depending on the children's environment.…”

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confidence: 84%

Smoke shooter: Introducing danger of smoking to school children with persuasive technology

Ismail

Ahmad

Rosmani

et al. 2012

2012 IEEE Symposium on Humanities, Science and Engineering Research

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Children need to have adequate information on danger of smoking because smoking is bad to their health. This can be achieved by using persuasive technology to change the attitudes or behaviors of the users through persuasion and social influence. The objectives of this research are to provide a new medium for campaigning on the danger of smoking and to propose a conceptual framework based on Bandura' Social Learning Theory and Fogg' Behavior Model. This research will apply the principles of persuasive technology into interactive mobile game to influence children behavior into rejecting smoking habits from the early age. Future work will develop and evaluate mobile game prototype based on the conceptual framework proposed.

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“…A number of studies show that the vast majority of adolescents who smoke do so at the verbal encouragement or teasing of friends or acquaintances (e.g., Bewley, Bland, & Harris, 1974;Biglan, McConnell, Severson, Barry, & Ary, 1984;Friedman, Lichtenstein, & Biglan, 1985). Given that adolescent smoking is such a social activity, several school-based intervention programs teach adolescents skills for resisting social pressure (e.g., Hurd, Johnson, Pechacek, Bast, Jacobs, & Luepker, 1980;Luepker, Johnson, Murray, & Pechacek, 1983).…”

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confidence: 97%