Personal and Family Factors Affecting Life time Cigarette Smoking Among Adolescents in Tehran (Iran): A Community
Azam Baheiraei1, Zeinab Hamzehgardeshi, Mohammad Reza Mohammadi
1Department of Reproductive Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Objectives:
The prevalence of smoking among adolescents varies in different parts of the world. The current study aims to survey the socio-demographic and family characteristics related to adolescent lifetime cigarette smoking among 1201 Iranian adolescents aged 15-18 years old.
Methods:
This study is a population-based cross-sectional survey conducted using the multistage random cluster sampling method in Tehran, Iran in the summer of 2010.
Results:
The prevalence of lifetime cigarette use amongst boys (30.2%) was about 1.5 times that of girls (22.2%), (p=0.002). Older age, low parental control, very little parental supervision in the adolescent's selection of friends, and having a friend or family member who smokes were associated with lifetime cigarette use among male adolescents. Moreover, the use of verbal punishment by the parents was a protective factor for female lifetime cigarette use. Smoking has become one of the great health threats among Iranian adolescents.
Conclusions:
As a result, health promotion programs should be gender based whilst educational and interventional programs for preventing tobacco use should begin before adolescence.
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