Pulmonary Department, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece.
Subst Abuse Treat Prev Policy. 2012 Sep 10;7:38. doi: 10.1186/1747-597X-7-38.
The aim of the present study was to investigate epidemiological data about cigarette smoking in relation with risk and preventive factors among Greek adolescents.
We randomly selected 10% of the whole number of schools in Northern Greece (133 schools, 18,904 participants were included). Two anonymous questionnaires (smoker's and non-smoker's) were both distributed to all students so they selected and filled in only one. A parental signed informed consent was obtained using an informative leaflet about adolescent smoking.
The main findings of the study were: a) 14.2% of the adolescents (mean age+/-SD: 15.3+/-1.7 years) reported regular smoking (24.1% in the age group 16-18 years), b) 84.2% of the current smokers reported daily use, c) students who live in urban and semirural areas smoke more frequently than those in rural areas, d) students in technically oriented schools smoke twice as frequent compared to those in general education, e) risk factors for smoking: male gender, low educational level of parents, friends who smoke (OR: 10.01, 95%CI: 8.53-11.74, p<0.001), frequent visits to internet cafes (OR:1.53, 95%CI: 1.35-1.74, p<0.001), parents, siblings (OR:2.24, 95%CI: 1.99-2.51, p<0.001) and favorite artist (OR:1.18, 95%CI: 1.04-1.33, p=0.009) who smoke, f) protective factors against smoking: participation in sports (OR:0.59, 95%CI: 0.53-0.67, p<0.001), watching television (OR:0.74, 95%CI 0.66-0.84, p<0.001) and influence by health warning messages on cigarette packets (OR:0.42, 95%CI: 0.37, 0.48, p<0.001).
Even though prevalence of cigarette smoking is not too high among Greek adolescents, frequency of everyday cigarette use is alarming. We identified many social and lifestyle risk and preventive factors that should be incorporated in a national smoking prevention program among Greek adolescents.
本研究旨在调查希腊青少年吸烟的流行病学数据，包括与风险和预防因素相关的数据。
我们随机选择了希腊北部的 10%的学校（共 133 所学校，18904 名参与者）。我们向所有学生同时发放了两份匿名问卷（吸烟者问卷和非吸烟者问卷），让他们选择并填写其中一份。使用一份关于青少年吸烟的信息传单，获得了家长的书面知情同意。
研究的主要发现包括：a）14.2%的青少年（平均年龄+/-标准差：15.3+/-1.7 岁）报告有规律地吸烟（16-18 岁年龄组的吸烟率为 24.1%），b）84.2%的当前吸烟者报告每天吸烟，c）居住在城市和半农村地区的学生比居住在农村地区的学生吸烟更频繁，d）技术型学校的学生比普通教育学校的学生吸烟频率高两倍，e）吸烟的风险因素：男性性别、父母的低教育水平、吸烟的朋友（OR：10.01，95%CI：8.53-11.74，p<0.001）、经常访问网吧（OR：1.53，95%CI：1.35-1.74，p<0.001）、父母、兄弟姐妹（OR：2.24，95%CI：1.99-2.51，p<0.001）和喜欢的艺人（OR：1.18，95%CI：1.04-1.33，p=0.009）吸烟，f）预防吸烟的因素：参加体育运动（OR：0.59，95%CI：0.53-0.67，p<0.001）、看电视（OR：0.74，95%CI：0.66-0.84，p<0.001）和受到香烟包装上健康警告信息的影响（OR：0.42，95%CI：0.37，0.48，p<0.001）。
尽管希腊青少年的吸烟率不是太高，但每天吸烟的频率令人担忧。我们确定了许多社会和生活方式的风险和预防因素，这些因素应该纳入希腊青少年的国家戒烟计划中。
