Singh Vinita, Pal Hem Raj, Mehta Manju, Dwivedi S N, Kapil Umesh
Department of Human Nutrition, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India.
Indian J Pediatr. 2007 Nov;74(11):1013-20. doi: 10.1007/s12098-007-0186-8.
To study the prevalence, consumption patterns and correlates of tobacco use among adolescent SZI children in Government schools in the National Capital territory of Delhi.
Thirty schools in National Capital Territory (NCT) of Delhi, India, were selected by two stage cluster random design and population proportionate to size sampling (PPS) methodology. A sample of 3,422 children in the age group of 10-18 years studying in the 30 middle and senior secondary Government schools in NCT of Delhi were studied. Each student was administered a pre-tested, semi-structured questionnaire.
Overall 9.8% of the study children had at least once experimented with any form of tobacco in their lifetime. The proportion of children who were current users of tobacco products was 5.4% (boys: 4.6%, Girls: 0.8%). Current users differed from abstainers in location of their schools, category of school, class, gender, hobbies, not having friends, having tobacco users in family and school etc.
Consumption of tobacco amongst adolescents is an emerging health problem in Delhi. A number of variables seem to differentiate between the current users and abstainers. Tobacco use in family and school environment is a mutable factor that should be focused in tobacco reduction campaigns. Encouraging friendship has a protective influence. There is a need for similar studies in other metropolitan cities of the country.
研究印度新德里国家首都辖区政府学校中患精神分裂症的青少年的烟草使用流行情况、消费模式及其相关因素。
采用两阶段整群随机设计和按规模大小成比例抽样（PPS）方法，从印度新德里国家首都辖区（NCT）选取了30所学校。对在新德里国家首都辖区30所初中和高中政府学校就读的3422名10 - 18岁儿童进行了研究。每位学生都接受了一份经过预测试的半结构化问卷。
总体而言，9.8%的研究儿童一生中至少尝试过任何形式的烟草。当前烟草产品使用者的比例为5.4%（男孩：4.6%，女孩：0.8%）。当前使用者在学校位置、学校类别、班级、性别、爱好、没有朋友、家庭和学校中有烟草使用者等方面与不使用者存在差异。
青少年吸烟在新德里是一个新出现的健康问题。一些变量似乎区分了当前使用者和不使用者。家庭和学校环境中的烟草使用是一个可变因素，应在减少烟草使用运动中予以关注。鼓励交友有保护作用。该国其他大城市需要开展类似研究。
