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The Influence and Interaction of Tobacco-Related Information Exposure on Youth Smoking Behavior and Smoking Susceptibility: Sex and School Type Difference
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: Received: 22 May 2019 / Approved: 24 May 2019 / Online: 24 May 2019 (08:34:44 CEST)
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Zhu, J.; Li, J.; He, Y.; Li, N.; Xu, G.; Yu, J. The Influence and Interaction of Tobacco-Related Information Exposure on Youth Smoking Behavior and Smoking Susceptibility: Sex and School Type Difference. Preprints2019, 2019050288. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints201905.0288.v1
Zhu, J.; Li, J.; He, Y.; Li, N.; Xu, G.; Yu, J. The Influence and Interaction of Tobacco-Related Information Exposure on Youth Smoking Behavior and Smoking Susceptibility: Sex and School Type Difference. Preprints 2019, 2019050288. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints201905.0288.v1
Zhu, J.; Li, J.; He, Y.; Li, N.; Xu, G.; Yu, J. The Influence and Interaction of Tobacco-Related Information Exposure on Youth Smoking Behavior and Smoking Susceptibility: Sex and School Type Difference. Preprints2019, 2019050288. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints201905.0288.v1
APA Style
Zhu, J., Li, J., He, Y., Li, N., Xu, G., & Yu, J. (2019). The Influence and Interaction of Tobacco-Related Information Exposure on Youth Smoking Behavior and Smoking Susceptibility: Sex and School Type Difference. Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints201905.0288.v1
Chicago/Turabian Style
Zhu, J., Gang Xu and Jinming Yu. 2019 "The Influence and Interaction of Tobacco-Related Information Exposure on Youth Smoking Behavior and Smoking Susceptibility: Sex and School Type Difference" Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints201905.0288.v1
Abstract
This study investigated the influence and interaction of tobacco promotional and control information with adolescents’ current smoking and smoking susceptibility. 12,278 students were recruited from junior, senior and vocational high schools located in Shanghai, China. The exposure to tobacco promotional and control message of participants over the past 30 days were examined, as well as current smoking and never smokers’ initiation susceptibility. Complex sample analysis was applied. Descriptive and multivariate logistic regressions were conducted. 89.3% and 91.5% of adolescents investigated were exposed to tobacco promotional and control message respectively, which separately increased and decreased the risk of current smoking and never-smokers’ smoking susceptibility, especially among males and junior high school students. The risk changed in consistency with the exposure level（Ptrend < 0.001）. Tobacco control message seemed to mitigate the influence of tobacco promotions in the risk of both current smoking (OR = 0.64, 95%CI: 0.41–0.99) and smoking susceptibility (OR = 0.65, 95%CI: 0.46–0.93). Tobacco-related message exposure was highly prevalent and associated with youth smoking risk and smoking susceptibility. It is important to enhance the comprehensiveness and enforcement of promotion bans. Given the improvement of tobacco control message on smoking risk brought by tobacco promotions, the publicity and dissemination of tobacco control information need to be consistently strengthened.
Keywords
adolescent; current smoking; smoking behavior; tobacco message exposure
Subject
Social Sciences, Behavior Sciences
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