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Smoking among East Asian college students: prevalence and correlates
Dong-Chul Seo1, Mohammad R Torabi, Nayoung Kim
1Department of Applied Health Science, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, USA. seo@indiana.edu
Objectives:
To compare the prevalence and correlates of cigarette smoking among East Asian college students.
Methods:
Data were collected from college students (N=16,558) in China, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Singapore, South Korea, and Taiwan (response rate: 78%).
Results:
Religion was independently associated with college students' smoking in China (adjusted odds ratio [AOR] = 1.82) and South Korea (AOR = 0.80). Being a heavy drinker and having a higher exposure to secondhand smoke were associated with higher smoking rates (Ps < .001).
Conclusions:
The East Asian economies show a varied prevalence of college smoking but a similar pattern of relationship with its correlates.
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