Centre for Tobacco Control Research, School of Population Health, University of Auckland, New Zealand.
Health Promot J Austr. 2011 Dec;22(3):223-7. doi: 10.1071/he11223.
Despite the established risks associated with smoking, 21% of New Zealand adults smoke. Prevalence among Māori (indigenous) and Pacific Island New Zealanders is disproportionately high. Prevention of smoking initiation is a key component of tobacco control. Keeping Kids Smokefree--a quasi-experimental trial--aimed to do this by changing parental smoking behaviour and attitudes. However, little is known about parents' attitudes to smoking in comparison with other concerns.
Parents of 4,144 children attending five urban schools in a high smoking prevalence population in Auckland, New Zealand, were asked to rank seven concerns on a paper-based questionnaire, including smoking, alcohol and bullying, from most to least serious.
Methamphetamine and other illicit 'hard' drugs were ranked as most serious followed by marijuana smoking, alcohol drinking, bullying, cigarette smoking, sex and obesity. Never smokers ranked cigarette smoking as more serious than current or ex-smokers.
Parents' under-estimation of the serious nature of tobacco smoking relative to other drugs could partly explain low participation rates in parent-focused smoking initiation prevention programs.
尽管吸烟存在已确定的风险，但仍有 21%的新西兰成年人吸烟。毛利（土著）和太平洋岛裔新西兰人的吸烟率不成比例地居高不下。预防吸烟的开始是烟草控制的一个关键组成部分。“让孩子远离烟草”——一项准实验性试验——旨在通过改变父母的吸烟行为和态度来实现这一目标。然而，与其他关注点相比，人们对父母对吸烟的态度知之甚少。
在新西兰奥克兰一个吸烟率较高的人群中，来自五所城市学校的 4144 名儿童的家长被要求在纸质问卷上对包括吸烟、酗酒和欺凌在内的七个关注点进行排名，从最严重到最不严重。
冰毒和其他非法“硬”毒品被列为最严重的问题，其次是大麻吸烟、酗酒、欺凌、吸烟、性和肥胖。从不吸烟者认为吸烟比当前或曾经吸烟者更严重。
父母对吸烟的严重程度相对于其他药物的低估，可能部分解释了父母为重点的吸烟预防计划参与率低的原因。
