Nasim Aashir, Corona Rosalie
Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, USA.
Int Q Community Health Educ. 2008;29(4):309-21. doi: 10.2190/IQ.29.4.b.
This study examined ethnicity as a moderator of exposure to sources of anti-smoking communication and behavioral intentions among adolescents who have never tried smoking (i.e., never smokers) and those who previously experimented with smoking but are not yet regular smokers (i.e., experimental smokers). Responses from 1700 African American, Latino, and White youth who completed the Virginia Youth Tobacco Survey from September 2007 through April 2008 were analyzed. Ethnicity and smoking status moderated the association between exposure to sources of anti-tobacco communication and adolescents' intentions to smoke. For never smokers, media exposure was related to lower behavioral intentions among African Americans. For experimental smokers, exposure to both media and to health professionals was associated with lower intentions among African Americans. Exposure to parental anti-smoking communication was associated with reduced intentions among White adolescents. These findings suggest that prevention for smoking initiation among ethnically diverse youth might be enhanced with greater attention to the source of anti-smoking messages and prior smoking experience.
本研究考察了种族因素在从未尝试吸烟的青少年（即从不吸烟者）和之前尝试过吸烟但尚未成为经常吸烟者（即尝试吸烟者）中作为反吸烟宣传来源接触程度和行为意图调节因素的作用。对2007年9月至2008年4月完成弗吉尼亚青少年烟草调查的1700名非裔美国、拉丁裔和白人青少年的回答进行了分析。种族和吸烟状况调节了反烟草宣传来源接触程度与青少年吸烟意图之间的关联。对于从不吸烟者，媒体接触与非裔美国人较低的行为意图相关。对于尝试吸烟者，媒体和健康专业人员的接触与非裔美国人较低的意图相关。父母的反吸烟宣传与白人青少年意图的降低相关。这些发现表明，通过更多关注反吸烟信息的来源和先前的吸烟经历，可能会加强对不同种族青少年吸烟起始的预防。
