Everett S A, Husten C G, Kann L, Warren C W, Sharp D, Crossett L
Division of Adolescent and School Health, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion NCCDPHP, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention CDC, Atlanta, USA.
J Am Coll Health. 1999 Sep;48(2):55-60. doi: 10.1080/07448489909595674.
The ages at which 18- to 24-year-old college students started smoking and its relationship to subsequent smoking were explored, using data from the 1995 National College Health Risk Behavior Survey. Most students (70%) had tried smoking; among those who had tried, 42% were current smokers, 19% were current frequent smokers, and 13% were current daily smokers. The majority (81%) who had ever smoked daily began doing so at age 18 years or younger, and 19% began smoking daily at age 19 years or older. Women were as likely as men to report ever having smoked a whole cigarette or ever having smoked daily. Most students (82%) who had ever smoked daily had tried to quit, but 3 in 4 were still smokers. Policies and programs designed to prevent the initiation of smoking and to help smokers quit are needed at both the high school and the college levels to reduce the proportion of young adults who smoke cigarettes.
利用1995年全国大学生健康风险行为调查的数据，探讨了18至24岁大学生开始吸烟的年龄及其与后续吸烟情况的关系。大多数学生（70%）尝试过吸烟；在那些尝试过吸烟的学生中，42%为当前吸烟者，19%为当前频繁吸烟者，13%为当前每日吸烟者。曾经每日吸烟的大多数人（81%）在18岁及以下开始每日吸烟，19%在19岁及以上开始每日吸烟。女性报告曾经吸过整支烟或曾经每日吸烟的可能性与男性相同。曾经每日吸烟的大多数学生（82%）试图戒烟，但四分之三的人仍是吸烟者。高中和大学层面都需要制定旨在预防吸烟起始和帮助吸烟者戒烟的政策与项目，以降低吸烟的年轻人比例。
