College of Medicine, King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Ann Thorac Med. 2011 Jul;6(3):137-40. doi: 10.4103/1817-1737.82447.
To study the prevalence and characteristics of cigarette smoking among secondary school students (16- to 18-year-old boys and girls) in Riyadh city, Saudi Arabia.
We applied a standard two-stage, cross-sectional study design. Secondary schools for both boys and girls in Riyadh city were randomly selected using a cluster sampling method. We used the global youth tobacco survey (GYTS) tool to achieve our objectives.
Among 1272 students (606 boys and 666 girls), the prevalence of those ever smoked cigarettes was 42.8% (55.6% of boys and 31.4% of girls). The prevalence of current smoking was 19.5% (31.2% of boys and 8.9% of girls). Despite the fact that the majority of students think smoking is harmful, most do not wish to stop smoking, and they had not tried to stop in the past year. Cigarette smoking is significantly associated with the male gender, having friends who smoke, and having parents who smoke, but is not significantly associated with the type of school attended.
Smoking prevalence among secondary schools students in Saudi Arabia is high and alarming. There is a need to implement an education program about the risks of smoking and to include parents and friends as healthy models to prevent students from beginning to smoke.
研究沙特阿拉伯利雅得市 16-18 岁男女生中学生(中学生)的吸烟流行率和特征。
我们采用了标准的两阶段、横断面研究设计。采用聚类抽样法随机选择利雅得市的男女中学。我们使用全球青年烟草调查(GYTS)工具来实现我们的目标。
在 1272 名学生(606 名男生和 666 名女生)中,曾经吸烟的比例为 42.8%(男生占 55.6%,女生占 31.4%)。目前吸烟的比例为 19.5%(男生占 31.2%,女生占 8.9%)。尽管大多数学生认为吸烟有害,但大多数人不想戒烟,而且在过去一年中也没有尝试过戒烟。吸烟与男性性别、有吸烟的朋友和有吸烟的父母显著相关,但与所就读的学校类型无关。
沙特阿拉伯中学生吸烟的流行率很高,令人担忧。有必要实施一项关于吸烟风险的教育计划,并将父母和朋友作为健康榜样,防止学生开始吸烟。