Knowledge about and sources of smoking-related knowledge, and influencing factors among male urban secondary school students in Chongqing, China

Xu, Xianglong; Chen, Cheng; Abdullah, Abu S.; Sharma, Manoj; Liu, Hengyi; Zhao, Yong

doi:10.1186/s40064-016-3589-z

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“…Adolescents tend to observe the short-term impact of smoking and therefore adopt the behavior because there is no immediate effect on health, indicating the inadequacy of the information available to them about the dangers. Furthermore, this study is in line with previous studies, which reported that a number of secondary school students in urban areas lack specific knowledge about smoking-related diseases [37], and also other studies that showed the main motivation is to be social.…”

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“…However, some teenagers in this study viewed smoking as makruh, which means it is allowed, although it is better to not smoke. Furthermore, this result agrees with a previous study, which stated its permissibility, whereby Muslim smokers perceive the behavior as acceptable in Islam -hence, Makruh -although, if it is too much, it could be haram [37]. This awareness fuels the desire to smoke and the desire to continue to do so among teenagers, eventually creating dependence.…”

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confidence: 91%

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Indonesian adolescents’ perspectives on smoking habits as a reference for a prevention program: a qualitative study

Fithria

Adlim

Jannah

et al. 2020

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Background Religious factors have been used in tobacco control campaigns but due to different perceptions among Muslim scholars that might have an effect on followers, the strategies of control programs are still interesting. Therefore, this qualitative research aimed to explore the perspectives of Muslim adolescents on smoking habits as a reference for developing effective prevention programs. Methods Three focus group discussions involving 24 junior high school students (mean age=13.75 years) were the main source of data for this phenomenological qualitative study. The discussion guide was developed by the researchers based on the reviewed literature and validated by experts. The research findings were analyzed using an inductive content method with systematic steps based on the stages of qualitative data analysis. Results Adolescent perspectives on smoking were grouped into two themes: (a) perception, which encompassed three sub-themes: smoking as a social habit, contradictive feelings, and the Islamic perspective; (b) smoking-related factors involving peer pressure, the parents’ smoking status, curiosity, and masculinity. Conclusion The results indicated that adolescents consider smoking as a social habit but with contradictive feelings. From an Islamic perspective, smoking is not forbidden by the religion’s beliefs. The smoking habit was also stimulated by peer pressure, imitating parents who smoke, curiosity, and feeling masculine. We suggest that health professionals who are interested in developing smoking prevention programs should consider the adolescent perspective on smoking so that the prevention program will be more effective and appropriate for adolescents.

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confidence: 92%

Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 91%

Indonesian adolescents’ perspectives on smoking habits as a reference for a prevention program: a qualitative study

Fithria

Adlim

Jannah

et al. 2020

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“…However, some teenagers in this study view smoking as Makruh, which means it is allowed, although it is better to not. Furthermore, this result agrees with the previous study, which stated its permissibility, where Muslim smokers perceive the behavior as acceptable in Islam -hence, Makruh, although, if it is too much, it could be haram [36]. This awareness propels the desire to smoke among teenagers and the continuity to do so, eventually creating dependence.…”

Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 91%

The Perspectives of Adolescents on Smoking Habits as a Reference for the Prevention Program

Fithria¹,

Adlim²,

Jannah³

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Background: Religious factor has been used in tobacco control campaign but due to different perception among the Muslim scholars that might induce on the followers then, the control program strategics is still interesting to study. This qualitative research is, therefore aimed to explore the perspective of Muslim adolescents on smoking habits, as a reference in developing effective prevention intervention programs.Methods: Three Focus Group Discussion (FGD) sets, consisting of a total of 24 junior high school students were the main source data for this phenomenological qualitative study. The discussion guide was developed by researchers, based on the reviewed literature and validated by experts. The research finding was analyzed by using an inductive-content method with systematical steps based on the stages of qualitative data analysis.Results: Adolescent perspectives on smoking were grouped into two themes that were (a) perception, which encompasses three sub-themes consisting of smoking as the social habit, the contradictive feeling, and the Islamic perspective, (b) Smoking-related factors involving peer pressure, the parents’ smoking status, curiosity and masculinity.Conclusion: The results indicated that adolescents consider smoking as a social habit with the existence of contradictive feelings. Their Islamic perspective believes that smoking is preferable but not forbidden by religion thought. The smoking habit also was stimulated by pressure from their smoker-peer, immitating their smoker-parents, being curiosity and feeling masculinity. We suggested the health proffesionals who intersted in developing smoking prevention programs to consider about the adolescent perspective about smoking habit. So, the prevention program will be more effective and culturally appropriate for adolescents.

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“…Adolescents tend to observe the short-term impact of smoking and therefore adopt the behavior because there is no immediate effect on health, indicating the inadequacy of the information available to them about the dangers. Furthermore, this study is in line with previous studies, which reported that a number of secondary school students in urban areas lack speci c knowledge about smoking-related diseases [37], and other studies that showed the main motivation is to be social [38]. The dangers of tobacco are seen to be low, and an independent risk factor is a perception that friends and other students take substances and drink alcohol [39].…”

Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 91%

Indonesian adolescents’ perspectives on smoking habits as a reference for a prevention program: a qualitative study

Fithria

Adlim

Jannah

et al. 2020

Preprint

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Background: Religious factors have been used in tobacco control campaigns. However, the prevalence of smoking among adolescents is still high in some countries, especially in Indonesia. This qualitative research aimed to explore the perspectives of Muslim adolescents on smoking habits as a reference for developing effective prevention programs.Methods: Three focus group discussions involving 24 junior high school students (mean age=13.75 years) were the main source of data for this phenomenological qualitative study. The discussion guide was developed by the researchers based on the reviewed literature and validated by experts. The research findings were analyzed using an inductive content method with systematic steps based on the stages of qualitative data analysis.Results: Adolescent perspectives on smoking were grouped into two themes: (a) perception, which encompassed three sub-themes: smoking as a social habit, contradictive feelings, and the Islamic perspective; (b) smoking-related factors involving peer pressure, the parents’ smoking status, curiosity, and masculinity.Conclusion: The results indicated that adolescents consider smoking as a social habit but with contradictive feelings. From an Islamic perspective, smoking is not forbidden by the religion’s beliefs. The smoking habit was also stimulated by peer pressure, imitating parents who smoke, curiosity, and feeling masculine. We suggest that health professionals who are interested in developing smoking prevention programs should consider the adolescent perspective on smoking so that the prevention program will be more effective and appropriate for adolescents.

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Knowledge about and sources of smoking-related knowledge, and influencing factors among male urban secondary school students in Chongqing, China

Cited by 18 publications

References 27 publications

Indonesian adolescents’ perspectives on smoking habits as a reference for a prevention program: a qualitative study

Indonesian adolescents’ perspectives on smoking habits as a reference for a prevention program: a qualitative study

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Indonesian adolescents’ perspectives on smoking habits as a reference for a prevention program: a qualitative study

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