Murphy-Hoefer Rebecca, Alder Stephen, Higbee Cheryl
Office on Smoking and Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30341, USA.
Nicotine Tob Res. 2004 Dec;6 Suppl 3:S371-4. doi: 10.1080/14622200412331320770.
The objective of the present study was to describe how college students perceive the risks of cigarette smoking and addiction to nicotine. Data came from a self-administered survey of 1,020 college students enrolled in two 4-year liberal arts colleges in the United States. The survey was conducted in the fall of 2001. Smokers and nonsmokers differed markedly in their perceptions about the health risks associated with short-term exposure to smoking. College students in this sample who smoked did not fully comprehend the risks associated with smoking. Smokers were half as likely as nonsmokers to believe that there are health risks from smoking only on weekends or a couple of days a week. Anti-tobacco messages for young adult smokers need to communicate more effectively the concept that each cigarette they smoke is doing them damage.
本研究的目的是描述大学生如何看待吸烟和尼古丁成瘾的风险。数据来自对美国两所四年制文理学院的1020名大学生进行的一项自填式调查。该调查于2001年秋季进行。吸烟者和不吸烟者在对短期吸烟相关健康风险的认知上存在显著差异。该样本中的吸烟大学生并未充分理解与吸烟相关的风险。吸烟者认为仅在周末或一周抽几天烟会有健康风险的可能性只有不吸烟者的一半。针对年轻成年吸烟者的反烟草信息需要更有效地传达这样一个观念，即他们吸的每一支烟都在损害他们的健康。
