Risk factors for smoking among school adolescents in Greece

Damianaki, Angeliki; Kaklamani, S.; Tsirakis, S.; Clarke, R.; Tzanakis, Νikolaos; Makris, Demosthènes

doi:10.1111/j.1365-2214.2008.00839.x

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“…Similarly in several studies, parental smoking was an important risk factor in adolescents' and young adults' smoking (4,8,9,11) and international studies (12,13). As most of youths look up to their parents and other close relatives in their society and attempt to mimic their demeanor , parents smoking showed to be the most important factor related to adolescents and young adults smoking in this and other studies (5) .…”

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Knowledge, Attitude and Practice of Cigarette Smoking among Male Students of Taibah University, Al Madinah, Saudi Arabia

2017

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Tobacco use is one of the most common causes of cardiovascular, respiratory diseases and cancers. The aim of this study is to estimate the prevalence, knowledge and attitude toward cigarette smoking among university students of Taibah University, Madinah, Saudi Arabia. The present cross sectional study included 360 students from six faculties using a stratified random sampling procedure. The questionnaire was anonymous, self-written and adopted from Global Adult Tobacco Survey (GATS). A total of 342 out of 360 students enrolled in this study were analyzed. Seventy five students (21.9%) indicated that they smoke tobacco at the time of the study while the percent of students who had ever smoked a cigarette even once during lifetime was 33.3%.Cigarette smoking was practiced by the final years students more than first and second-year students with statistically significant difference (p= 0.04). About 93.3% of the students indicated that smoking could cause serious diseases, and 71.1% thought that smoking should be banned in public areas. The findings of this study confirm similar smoking prevalence among University students and indicate a higher percent of good knowledge and favorable attitude of the studied students towards cigarette smoking

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Knowledge, Attitude and Practice of Cigarette Smoking among Male Students of Taibah University, Al Madinah, Saudi Arabia

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“…The significant role of age has been confirmed by previous international [21][22][23][24] as well as Greek studies 5,9 . Our findings regarding the prevalence of smoking within families and peer groups confirm previous studies in a national and international level 8,9,[25][26][27][28][29][30] all of which support the social origin of smoking. As suggested by the social cognitive theory, modelling is a corner stone of personal development 31 ; hence approval of smoking by significant people in the life of an adolescent probably impacts adolescents' health behavior.…”

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“…Although some of them have been identified within the Greek environment, the relationship between tobacco use and adolescence has been insufficiently investigated in Greece. The few data collected have highlighted the role of male gender, parental smoking status, pocket money 8 , friends and sibling smoking status 9 and the existence of emotional and behavioral problems 5 as predictors of cigarette smoking. On the contrary, the effect of tobacco industry influences as well as knowledge of adolescents with regards to the health hazards Tobacco Prevention & Cessation of smoking lack a thorough investigation.…”

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Prevalence and predictors of cigarette smoking among Greek urban adolescents: A cross-sectional study

Liozidou¹,

Dimou²,

Lioupa³

et al. 2015

Tob. Prev. Cessation

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INTRODUCTION Studies on smoking prevalence of Greek adolescents are sparse and ambiguous. We aimed to investigate prevalence and predictors of cigarette smoking among Greek adolescents. METHODS We conducted a cross-sectional study of 1.802 randomly selected students in the cities of Athens and Thessaloniki in Greece in 2013-2014. Multistage sampling with quotas was used with regard to the geographical distribution of the target population gender and grade. Data were collected by a self-completed questionnaire. Multiple logistic regression analysis was applied to evaluate the association between selected variables and the likelihood of being a current smoker. RESULTS Cigarette smoking was reported by 18.2% (95% CI=16.4-20.0); 8.1% (95% CI=6.2-10.0) of Gymnasium and 26.1% (95% CI=23.4-28.8) of Lyceum students reported being smokers. An estimated 38.0% (95% CI=35.8-40.2) had ever tried cigarette, 27.1% (95% CI=25.1-29.2) hookah and 17.7% (95% CI=15.9-19.5) an electronic cigarette. Older age (OR= 11.59; 95% CI [6.25, 21.50], parental tobacco use (OR=1.71; 95% CI [1.19, 2.46]), sibling tobacco use (OR=2.07; 95% CI [1.43, 2.99], teachers' tobacco use (OR=1.97; 95%CI [1.23, 3.17]), exposure to smoking through the media (OR= 1.48; 95% CI[1.03,2.14] and tobacco promotion activities (OR=3.73;95% CI[2.88,4.83] were associated with current smoking. CONCLUSIONS Greek adolescents report lower smoking rates than previously reported, yet it is a population experimenting with tobacco products. Electronic cigarette emerged as the third most likely product of experimentation. The social origin of smoking behavior is confirmed, as well as the imperative need to encourage tobacco-free school policies and bans on tobacco advertising, promotion and sponsorship.

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“…Damianaki et al [32] conducted a cross-sectional study in a sample of 924 students (12–18 years old) in a semi-urban area in Crete, Greece and found that 11.4% of the total sample was daily smokers (2,245/18,904 = 11.9% in our study) while there was positive relationship between current smoking and having brother or sister smoking (odds ratio: 2.7 (95% CI: 1.7-4.4) and 1.8 (1.1-3.3) respectively), having more than three friends who were smokers (OR: 2.6 (95% CI: 2–3.4) and last school grade [OR:1.4 (95% CI: 1.2-1.7)]. The Global Youth Tobacco Survey (GYTS) was conducted in Greece [33,34] among 6,378 students (13–15 years old) during the academic year 2004–5.…”

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Smoking among adolescents in Northern Greece: a large cross-sectional study about risk and preventive factors

Spyratos

Pelagidou

Chloros

et al. 2012

Subst Abuse Treat Prev Policy

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BackgroundThe aim of the present study was to investigate epidemiological data about cigarette smoking in relation with risk and preventive factors among Greek adolescents.MethodsWe randomly selected 10% of the whole number of schools in Northern Greece (133 schools, 18,904 participants were included). Two anonymous questionnaires (smoker's and non-smoker's) were both distributed to all students so they selected and filled in only one. A parental signed informed consent was obtained using an informative leaflet about adolescent smoking.ResultsThe main findings of the study were: a) 14.2% of the adolescents (mean age+/−SD: 15.3+/−1.7 years) reported regular smoking (24.1% in the age group 16–18 years), b) 84.2% of the current smokers reported daily use, c) students who live in urban and semirural areas smoke more frequently than those in rural areas, d) students in technically oriented schools smoke twice as frequent compared to those in general education, e) risk factors for smoking: male gender, low educational level of parents, friends who smoke (OR: 10.01, 95%CI: 8.53-11.74, p<0.001), frequent visits to internet cafes (OR:1.53, 95%CI: 1.35-1.74, p<0.001), parents, siblings (OR:2.24, 95%CI: 1.99-2.51, p<0.001) and favorite artist (OR:1.18, 95%CI: 1.04-1.33, p=0.009) who smoke, f) protective factors against smoking: participation in sports (OR:0.59, 95%CI: 0.53-0.67, p<0.001), watching television (OR:0.74, 95%CI 0.66-0.84, p<0.001) and influence by health warning messages on cigarette packets (OR:0.42, 95%CI: 0.37, 0.48, p<0.001).ConclusionsEven though prevalence of cigarette smoking is not too high among Greek adolescents, frequency of everyday cigarette use is alarming. We identified many social and lifestyle risk and preventive factors that should be incorporated in a national smoking prevention program among Greek adolescents.

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Risk factors for smoking among school adolescents in Greece

Abstract: Prevention programmes should be imposed early in elementary schools while cessation policies should target at all grades, in particular at critical grades depending on population-specific characteristics.

Cited by 13 publications

References 23 publications

Knowledge, Attitude and Practice of Cigarette Smoking among Male Students of Taibah University, Al Madinah, Saudi Arabia

Knowledge, Attitude and Practice of Cigarette Smoking among Male Students of Taibah University, Al Madinah, Saudi Arabia

Prevalence and predictors of cigarette smoking among Greek urban adolescents: A cross-sectional study

Smoking among adolescents in Northern Greece: a large cross-sectional study about risk and preventive factors

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