Department of Internal Medicine, Douala General Hospital, Douala, Cameroon.
Int J Tuberc Lung Dis. 2013 Feb;17(2):270-4. doi: 10.5588/ijtld.12.0377.
To determine factors associated with smoking among university students in Cameroon.
A cross-sectional survey was carried out using an anonymous self-administered questionnaire among a convenience sample of 3000 students from three universities (the Université des Montagnes, and the Universities of Douala and Yaounde 1) in Cameroon; 190 students (5.9%) did not consent to the survey. Socio-demographic characteristics and smoking trends were recorded. Logistic regression was used to identify risk factors for smoking.
Of the students selected, 1862 (62%) were male. The mean age was 23.3 years. We found that 30.1% of students had tried smoking and that 5.6% (n = 168) reported regular smoking. Smoking prevalence among male and female students was respectively 9.5% and 1%. The mean age of smokers was 24.1 years. Only 12.5% of regular smokers were nicotine-dependent. Factors motivating smoking were pleasure, imitation, snobbery and curiosity. In the multivariate analysis, smoking was statistically associated with age, male sex, exposure to friends who smoke and living with smokers.
Although the prevalence of smoking found in our study was low, effective tobacco control programmes targeting factors such as age, male sex and peer influence should be implemented in universities. Future studies are needed to evaluate the impact of these interventions.
确定喀麦隆大学生吸烟的相关因素。
采用横断面调查方法，在喀麦隆三所大学（山区大学、杜阿拉大学和雅温得第一大学）中抽取了 3000 名学生的便利样本（190 名学生[5.9%]不同意参与调查），使用匿名自填式问卷进行调查。记录了社会人口统计学特征和吸烟趋势。采用 logistic 回归分析确定吸烟的危险因素。
在所选择的学生中，1862 名（62%）为男性，平均年龄为 23.3 岁。我们发现，30.1%的学生尝试过吸烟，5.6%（n=168）报告有规律地吸烟。男、女学生的吸烟率分别为 9.5%和 1%。吸烟者的平均年龄为 24.1 岁。只有 12.5%的经常吸烟者有尼古丁依赖。促使吸烟的因素有愉悦感、模仿、虚荣心和好奇心。在多变量分析中，吸烟与年龄、男性、接触吸烟的朋友和与吸烟者同住呈统计学相关。
尽管我们的研究发现吸烟率较低，但应在大学中实施针对年龄、男性和同伴影响等因素的有效烟草控制计划。需要进一步研究来评估这些干预措施的效果。
