ABSTRACT

Social environments like family, peers, schools, communities and media with which adolescents interact; live and grow up influence their personal behaviour (including smoking behaviour). This study aimed at investigating the social environmental factors related to smoking among adolescents. This study was a cross-sectional one involving 587 participants. Targeted social environmental factors were categorized into; the peer group, family group and school group. The approval and discouragement statements approach about smoking were used in these groups. Univariate and multivariate statistical analyses were performed to determine the relationship between cigarette smoking and the social-environmental variables. Respondent students of age 16 years dominated the study (39.7%), with the prevalence of smokers among respondents being 16.8% (n = 99). This study found social environmental factors of; peer (friend), family and teacher who smoked to be significantly associated with the smoking behaviours of students. The study highlighted the importance of strategies to prevent smoking which targeted both the adolescents and among their social environments; including their parents and teachers. This was because their smoking statuses and permissive attitudes towards smoking were significantly associated with the smoking habit among adolescents.

摘要

青少年与之互动的社会环境，例如家庭，同龄人，学校，社区和媒体；生活和成长会影响他们的个人行为（包括吸烟行为）。这项研究旨在调查与青少年吸烟有关的社会环境因素。这项研究是一项横断面研究，涉及587名参与者。有针对性的社会环境因素分类为：同伴组，家庭组和学校组。在这些人群中使用了关于吸烟的认可和劝阻声明方法。进行了单因素和多因素统计分析，以确定吸烟与社会环境变量之间的关系。在本研究中，年龄为16岁的被调查者学生占39.7％，在被调查者中吸烟者的患病率为16.8％（n = 99）。这项研究发现了以下社会环境因素：吸烟的同伴（朋友），家庭和老师与学生的吸烟行为密切相关。该研究强调了针对青少年及其社会环境的预防吸烟策略的重要性。包括他们的父母和老师。这是因为他们的吸烟状况和对吸烟的宽容态度与青少年的吸烟习惯显着相关。