Risk factors for adolescent smoking in urban and rural China: Findings from the China seven cities study

Ma, Hui; Unger, Jennifer B.; Chou, Chih-Ping; Park, Sun; Palmer, Paula H.; Zhou, Yan; Yao, Jie; Xie, Bin; Gallaher, Peggy; Guo, Qi; Wei, Yonglan; Chen, Bin; Wang, Zhanju; Wang, Xu; Duan, Haiping; Yu, Song; Gong, Jicheng; Azen, Stanley P.; Li, Liming; Johnson, C. Anderson

doi:10.1016/j.addbeh.2008.04.004

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“…The monitoring of smoking prevalence among adolescents is thus an important means of clarifying the characteristics of this problem, establishing countermeasures, and evaluating public health efforts to reduce smoking prevalence. Many articles describe associated factors or predictors of adolescent smoking (Sen & Basu, 2000, Ma et al, 2008Villanti et al, 2011). Therefore, analyzing contributing factors is important for establishing appropriate countermeasures.…”

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Mobile Phone Use does not Discourage Adolescent Smoking in Japan

Osaki

Ohida

Kanda

et al. 2012

Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention

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Objective: The possibility that smoking prevalence among junior and senior high school students may decrease with increasing mobile phone bill was reported by the mass media in Japan. We conducted a nationwide survey on adolescent smoking and mobile phone use in Japan in order to assess the hypothesis that mobile phone use has replaced smoking. Methods: A total of 70 junior high schools (response rate; 71%), and 69 high schools (90%) from all over Japan responded to 2005 survey. Students in the responding schools were asked to fill out an anonymous questionnaire about smoking behavior, mobile phone bill, and pocket money. Questionnaires were collected from 32,615 junior high school students and 48,707 senior high school students.Results: The smoking prevalence of students with high mobile phone bill was more likely to be high, and that of students who used mobile phones costing 10,000 yen and over per month was especially high. When "quitters" were defined as students who had tried smoking but were not smoking at the time of survey, the proportion of quitters decreased as the mobile phone bill increased. The proportion of students who had smoking friends increased with the increase in the mobile phone bill per month. Conclusion: The hypothesis that the decrease in smoking prevalence among Japanese adolescents that has been observed in recent years is due to a mobile phone use can be rejected.

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Mobile Phone Use does not Discourage Adolescent Smoking in Japan

Osaki

Ohida

Kanda

et al. 2012

Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention

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“…Other PR-TTAURC and CSCS studies have included an investigation of substance use among adolescent twin pairs in California and Qingdao to quantify the nature of environmental influences and how they interact with familial and genetic sources of variation in smoking-related behaviors [34]; an investigation of genetic factors underlying tobacco and alcohol use progression and their prevention [35]; a family study of cardiovascular risk factors in Qingdao [36], a study of the development and validation of a Chinese version of the Food Frequency Questionnaire for youth and adolescents [37]; an assessment of cognitive and neural mechanisms underlying tobacco and alcohol abuse [25][26][27]; and an assessment of tobacco use among rural Chinese children and their parents [38].…”

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The China Seven Cities Study (CSCS) consortium: adapting evidence-based prevention science from west to east

Palmer

Xie

et al. 2011

Behav. Med. Pract. Policy Res.

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Chronic, noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) have surpassed infectious diseases as the primary cause of death and disability in most developing nations. Nowhere is this more evident than in China where NCDs account for 80% of all deaths and skyrocketing medical costs. Driving the escalation of NCDs are high rates of tobacco use, longer life spans, and changes in the traditional Chinese diet and lifestyle bolstered by unprecedented economic growth and the new global culture. Despite the epidemic of NCDs, few evidencebased interventions either to prevent or retard their progression exist in China. We present a case for the development and adoption of such strategies as effective tools to combat China's greatest health threat. Finally, we offer an example of a collaborative network linking Chinese public health and academic institutions with US researchers to promote the translation of western evidence-based interventions that fully incorporate local knowledge, culture, and capacity. KeywordsNoncommunicable disease, Tobacco control, China, Evidence-based As low-and middle-income countries industrialize, urbanize, and integrate features of western culture with their traditional lifestyle, rates of noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) rise and portend alarming trends for the future. Globally, 35 million deaths annually are attributable to cardiovascular diseases (CVDs), chronic respiratory diseases, diabetes, and cancer with 80% of these occurring in developing nations [1]. In resource-poor developing nations where healthcare systems are often woefully underfunded, understaffed, and in flux, population-based approaches to combating NCDs may produce the greatest and most cost-effective results. The value of incorporating evidence-based, prevention-focused strategies that can be rolled out into communities has been demonstrated in developed nations [2]. To date, however, very few evidence-based approaches for health risk behavior modification have been utilized in economically developing nations [3].

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“…We conducted a review and found only a few studies conducted in China (published in Chinese or English) that have been guided by a specific behavioral theory [27,31,[39][40][41][42][43][44][45][46]. In addition, we found only one etiological study to date among those conducted in China that used the Theory of Reasoned Action and Planned Behavior as the guiding theoretical framework [47][48][49].…”

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Identification and Structural Characterization of Avian Beta-Defensin 2 Peptides from Pheasant and Quail

Kannan¹

2013

J Proteomics Bioinform

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Risk factors for adolescent smoking in urban and rural China: Findings from the China seven cities study

Cited by 29 publications

References 9 publications

Mobile Phone Use does not Discourage Adolescent Smoking in Japan

Mobile Phone Use does not Discourage Adolescent Smoking in Japan

The China Seven Cities Study (CSCS) consortium: adapting evidence-based prevention science from west to east

Identification and Structural Characterization of Avian Beta-Defensin 2 Peptides from Pheasant and Quail

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