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Nazari A, Khhadjeh Noori N, Dehghan Shad - H, Ronaghi Noutash M. Trends in Susceptibility to Smoking by Cultural diversity on adolescents' smoking. Journal title 2022; 1 (3) :72-80
URL: http://jrhms.thums.ac.ir/article-1-51-en.html
URL: http://jrhms.thums.ac.ir/article-1-51-en.html
at Department of Communication, Faculty of Social Science, Communication & Media (FSSCM), Central Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran , khadjehnoori.n@gmail.com
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Smoking behaviors seem to vary widely across ethnicity and peer groups. The reason may include dominant culture and its transfer to other social groups. However, to date, few of the research literature has focused on the role of cultural diversity on the smoking behavior-related traits.
We sought to identify individual and contextual factors of adolescent smoking initiation by friends and their consumption habits. This case study was conducted in 2021 and involved 319 school-going adolescents in Varamin County, Tehran, Iran, who completed a self-administered anonymous questionnaire on tobacco product use, designed based on the Likert scale. The data were analyzed using frequency percentage, t-test, analysis of variance (ANOVA), Kendall’s and Pearson’s correlation coefficients, and the chi-square test (less than 0.01).
In the present study, smoking among Arab, Fars, and Lur ethnicities, with mean scores of 4, 3.6, and 3.41, respectively, is higher than smoking among Turk, other ethnicities, and Kurd groups, with mean scores of 2.86, 2.36, and 2. In addition, the results of the chi-squared test showed that the rates of average and high smoking in the friendly gatherings were 47.6% and 27.9%, respectively, and, in terms of responses to influences on their consumption, average and high smokers had the highest frequency with 101 and 49, respectively.
Targeting susceptible adolescents with consideration of cultural diversity and friends' groups in tailored prevention efforts may prevent or delay adolescents’ transition to tobacco use.
We sought to identify individual and contextual factors of adolescent smoking initiation by friends and their consumption habits. This case study was conducted in 2021 and involved 319 school-going adolescents in Varamin County, Tehran, Iran, who completed a self-administered anonymous questionnaire on tobacco product use, designed based on the Likert scale. The data were analyzed using frequency percentage, t-test, analysis of variance (ANOVA), Kendall’s and Pearson’s correlation coefficients, and the chi-square test (less than 0.01).
In the present study, smoking among Arab, Fars, and Lur ethnicities, with mean scores of 4, 3.6, and 3.41, respectively, is higher than smoking among Turk, other ethnicities, and Kurd groups, with mean scores of 2.86, 2.36, and 2. In addition, the results of the chi-squared test showed that the rates of average and high smoking in the friendly gatherings were 47.6% and 27.9%, respectively, and, in terms of responses to influences on their consumption, average and high smokers had the highest frequency with 101 and 49, respectively.
Targeting susceptible adolescents with consideration of cultural diversity and friends' groups in tailored prevention efforts may prevent or delay adolescents’ transition to tobacco use.
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Received: 2024/03/2 | Accepted: 2024/05/13 | Published: 2024/06/16
Received: 2024/03/2 | Accepted: 2024/05/13 | Published: 2024/06/16
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