Mpabulungi Lillian, Muula Adamson S
Uganda Parliamentary Research Service, Kampala, Uganda.
Croat Med J. 2004 Feb;45(1):80-3.
To determine the prevalence of tobacco-use and describe tobacco-related knowledge, perceptions, and behavior of high school students aged 13-15 years in Kampala, Uganda.
A cross-sectional questionnaire study was carried out among 2,789 students in 19 high schools in Kampala District, Uganda, in 2002. In each school, three classes from Senior One to Senior Three (average student age, 13 to 15 years, respectively) were randomly selected. All students who consented to participate in the study filled out a questionnaire consisting of 58 questions, with core items selected from the Global Youth Tobacco Survey. The questions were grouped into categories relating to tobacco use, knowledge and attitudes toward smoking, exposure to second hand smoke, attitude toward cessation of smoking, exposure to tobacco-related advertisements in the media, and education on tobacco and smoking in school.
Out of 2,789 students, 488 (17.5%) reported to have smoked tobacco, with 185 (37.9%) of them trying or starting smoking before the age of 10. There were 148 (5.3%) current smokers. More than two-thirds (77.9%) of current smokers expressed a desire to stop smoking, 76.9% had tried to stop, and 84.1% had received help or advice to stop smoking. At least two-thirds of the students reported seeing both anti-tobacco and pro-tobacco advertisements in the preceding month. About 15.7 % of the students had an item with a cigarette brand logo, whereas 11.1% had been offered free cigarettes by a tobacco company representative. Current smokers usually smoked at home (30.2%), at a friend's place (29.3%), in public places (12.1%), at social events (10.4%), and at workplace (1.5%). Current smokers were also more likely than non-smokers to be exposed to passive smoking at home (56.4% vs at 15.9%, respectively; p<0.001).
Many high school students in Kampala are exposed to tobacco advertising, especially through the media. Efforts to control smoking in this age-group should also target their parents and other family members, by means of the media.
确定乌干达坎帕拉13 - 15岁高中生的烟草使用情况，并描述与烟草相关的知识、认知和行为。
2002年，在乌干达坎帕拉区的19所高中对2789名学生进行了一项横断面问卷调查研究。在每所学校，从高一到高三随机选取三个班级（学生平均年龄分别为13至15岁）。所有同意参与研究的学生填写了一份由58个问题组成的问卷，核心问题选自全球青少年烟草调查。这些问题分为与烟草使用、对吸烟的知识和态度、接触二手烟、对戒烟的态度、接触媒体中与烟草相关的广告以及学校中的烟草和吸烟教育等类别。
在2789名学生中，488名（17.5%）报告曾吸烟，其中185名（37.9%）在10岁之前就尝试或开始吸烟。有148名（5.3%）为当前吸烟者。超过三分之二（77.9%）的当前吸烟者表示希望戒烟，76.9%曾尝试戒烟，84.1%曾接受过戒烟帮助或建议。至少三分之二的学生报告在前一个月既看到了反烟草广告也看到了支持烟草的广告。约15.7%的学生有带有香烟品牌标识的物品，而11.1%曾被烟草公司代表提供过免费香烟。当前吸烟者通常在家中吸烟（30.2%）、在朋友处吸烟（29.3%）、在公共场所吸烟（12.1%）、在社交活动中吸烟（10.4%）以及在工作场所吸烟（1.5%）。当前吸烟者在家中接触被动吸烟的可能性也比非吸烟者更高（分别为56.4%和15.9%；p<0.001）。
坎帕拉的许多高中生接触到烟草广告，尤其是通过媒体。在这个年龄段控制吸烟的努力还应通过媒体针对他们的父母和其他家庭成员。
