Investigation On Smoking Status And Knowledge Belief And Practice Of Tobacco Control Among College Students In Shenyang

ObjectiveTo master the smoking status of college students in Shenyang,and analyze the influence factors of college students’ smoking,also investigate the current situation of tobacco control among college students in Shenyang,provide some basis for tobacco control work in the future,and put forward reasonable suggestions for tobacco control.MethodIn this study,questionnaire survey method was used:data from the centralized self-filled questionnaire were collected and analyzed with SPSS22.0,descriptive study,chi-square test and logistic regression analysis were used.Test level α=0.05,P<0.05 was statistically significantResult1.Survey on the smoking status of college students:A total of 2,700 questionnaires were issued and 2,473 were returned,among which 2,348 were valid questionnaires.the effective rate of the questionnaire was 94.95%,The number of smokers was 370,and the smoking rate of college students was 15.76%.The smoking rates of male college students,college students,students from single parent families,students whose mothers have higher education level,and students who have higher monthly living expenses were higher than those of female college students,undergraduate students,students from non-single parent families,and students whose mothers have lower education level,and the differences were statistically significant(P<0.05).The number of people who completed the smoking questionnaire was 254,and those who had smoked in the classroom accounted for 40.6%.,first cigarette by the classmates accounted for 24%,maximum smoking at the beginning of time is,for the first time in high school(68.9%):Students or friends of the same sex accounted for 56.3%when smoking the first cigarette.Among college students who smoked,15.7%never offered cigarettes to others.The proportion of college students who had thought about quitting smoking was 62.6%.The proportion of college smokers who had tried to quit was 59.4%.2.Factors affecting college students’ smoking:1)the single factor analysis:Female,undergraduate,non-single parent families,friends don’t smoke,mothers are less educated,low frequency of drinking,ranked high,the cost of living is low,near nothing lost or stolen important things,death of a close person,punishment for discipline violations,and experience of breaking up with a lover are the protective factors for college students to smoke.2)multiple-factor analysis:Female,non-single parent families,parents do not smoke,medical professional,never drink,monthly cost<1000 yuan,no punishment for discipline violation,recently no lovelorn experience,good health,the top ten are the protective factors of college students smoking.3.Investigation on tobacco control of college students:1).Knowledge of tobacco control:Medical college students’ knowledge of nicotine replacement therapy and passive smoking were 34.8%and 90.2%.2).Attitude of tobacco control:female students,students majoring in medicine and pedagogy,who are in good health,satisfied with their majors and ranked in the middle and upper grades,have a better additude towards smoking control.Among the female students,medical and educationgal majors and non-smokers,the highest proportion of them are willing to take part in smoking control activities and think that it is necessary to take part in smoking control activities.3).Behavior of tobacco control:boys’ understanding of tobacco control policies and their participation in smoke-free campus are 30.1%and 35.8%,respectively,both higher than that of girls,When passive smoking,51.5%of college students majoring in education will politely dissuade others,and 49.4%of medical students are good at learning tobacco control knowledge.In terms of learning tobacco control knowledge,students of Shenyang Medical College have a high degree of participation(49.3%),and students of Shenyang Engineering College have a high degree of participation(43%)in smoke-free campus activities.Conclusions1.Survey on the smoking status of college students:the smoking rate among college students is 15.76%.The smoking rate of college studengts with different characteristics is different.2.The influencing factors of college students ’smoking behavior.1)Single factor analysis was conducted on the influencing factors of college students’ smoking behaviors,and the final findings were as follows:family status,cultural degree of mother,father’s occupation,gender,school level,major,people around smoking situation,living habits,level of consumption,health condition,learning situation and nearly one year of life experience are correlated with smoking behavior of college students.2)through the multi-factor analysis of the influencing factors of college students’smoking behavior,the final findings are as follows:the condition of parental smoking,family status,gender,major,grades,college students’ smoking behavior disciplinary punishment,consumption level,drinking habits,health status and brokenhearted factors are all related to the smoking behavior of college students.3.Investigation on tobacco control of college students:1)Knowledge of tobacco control:girls have a higer awareness of the harmful effects of smoking on health.Medical college students have a higher understanding of the knowledge of nicotine replacement therapy and passive smoking than other majors,and the difference is statistically significant.2)Attitude of tobacco control:college students with different characteristics have different attitudes towards tobacco control.Women,education and medicine majors and non-smokes have better atitudes towards tobacco control.Drinking has a greater impact on attitudes towards tobacco control.3)Behavior of tobacco control:male students and smokers have a higer proportion of knowledge about tobacco control policies and regulations,and medical students have a higher learning rate of tobacco control knowIedge.The participation of six universities in tobacco control in Shenyang was different,and the difference was statistically significant.