Nowicka-Sauer K, Laska M, Sadlak-Nowicka J, Antkiewicz H, Bochniak M
Department of Family Medicine, University Centre for Cardiology, Medical University of Gdańsk, Poland.
Adv Med Sci. 2006;51 Suppl 1:145-50.
The aim of the study was to evaluate smoking prevalence among 18-year-old secondary school students as well as their awareness of systemic health threats of smoking. Our goal was also to discuss the youth smoking risk factors and effective ways both to prevent and fight smoking problem.
1516 18-year-old students (808 men, 708 women) from randomly selected 12 high schools were studied. The adolescents fulfilled the anonymus questionaire.
34.1% (517) of all participants smoke every day or occasionally, with the highest percentage of smokers in vocational schools (49.6%); women are the most frequent smokers (52.8%). The lower prevalence of smoking was observed in high schools (21.2% of men, 20% of women). In technical high schools 36.1% of men and 11.1% of women were smokers. The habitual smokers were found in all schools; the highest percentage was observed in vocational schools (32.75%-33.13%). The percentage was particularly high among women (33.13%). 92.09% of studied women and 89.95% of men were aware of smoking systemic health threats (93.84% of high school students, 88.25% of vocational school students).
It is alarming that the percentage of smokers among 18-year-old students is high, in particular among women and vocational schools students. The results indicate that smoking is a serious problem in this population. It is vital to create the preventing and educating programmes addressed especially to adolescents. There is a need of future studies aimed to evaluate smoking risk factors and create effective methods of prevention as well as smoking cessation help resources.
本研究旨在评估18岁中学生的吸烟率及其对吸烟对全身健康威胁的认识。我们的目标还包括讨论青少年吸烟的风险因素以及预防和应对吸烟问题的有效方法。
对从12所随机选取的高中抽取的1516名18岁学生（808名男生，708名女生）进行了研究。这些青少年填写了匿名问卷。
所有参与者中34.1%（517人）每天或偶尔吸烟，职业学校吸烟率最高（49.6%）；女性吸烟最为频繁（52.8%）。高中吸烟率较低（男生为21.2%，女生为20%）。在技术高中，36.1%的男生和11.1%的女生吸烟。所有学校均发现有习惯性吸烟者；职业学校的比例最高（32.75%-33.13%）。该比例在女性中尤其高（33.13%）。92.09%的受访女性和89.95%的男性知晓吸烟对全身健康的威胁（高中生为93.84%，职业学校学生为88.25%）。
令人担忧的是，18岁学生中的吸烟率很高，尤其是女性和职业学校学生。结果表明吸烟在这一人群中是一个严重问题。制定专门针对青少年的预防和教育计划至关重要。未来需要开展研究，旨在评估吸烟风险因素并创建有效的预防方法以及戒烟帮助资源。
