Solberg Leif I, Asche Stephen E, Boyle Raymond, McCarty Maribet C, Thoele Merry Jo
HealthPartners Research Foundation, Minneapolis, MN 55440, USA.
Am J Public Health. 2007 Aug;97(8):1421-6. doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2006.098491. Epub 2007 Jun 28.
We sought to determine whether the educational backgrounds of young adult smokers (aged 18 to 24 years) affect their cessation attitudes or behaviors in ways that could be used to improve smoking interventions.
We surveyed 5580 members of the HealthPartners health plan and conducted a follow-up survey 12 months later of current and former smokers. Respondents were divided into subgroups according to educational level.
Higher levels of education were associated with lower smoking rates (16% among students in 4-year colleges, 31% among those in technical or 2-year colleges, and 48% among those with a high school education or less) as well as less frequent or heavy smoking. However, number of quit attempts in the past year, level of interest in quitting, and smoking relapse rates did not vary according to educational level. Seventy-three percent of those who had attempted to quit had not used some form of assistance.
Rates of smoking among young adults, especially those at low educational levels, are relatively high. However, most members of this age group are interested in quitting, regardless of educational background.
我们试图确定年轻成年吸烟者（年龄在18至24岁之间）的教育背景是否会以可用于改善吸烟干预措施的方式影响他们的戒烟态度或行为。
我们对健康伙伴健康计划的5580名成员进行了调查，并在12个月后对当前吸烟者和曾经吸烟者进行了随访调查。受访者根据教育水平被分为不同亚组。
较高的教育水平与较低的吸烟率相关（四年制大学学生中吸烟率为16%，技术或两年制大学学生中为31%，高中及以下学历者中为48%），以及较少频繁或大量吸烟。然而，过去一年的戒烟尝试次数、戒烟兴趣水平和吸烟复发率并未因教育水平而有所不同。73%尝试戒烟的人未使用某种形式的帮助。
年轻成年人中的吸烟率相对较高，尤其是教育水平较低者。然而，无论教育背景如何，这个年龄组的大多数成员都有戒烟意愿。
