Heydari Gholamreza, Yousefifard Mahmoud, Hosseini Mostafa, Ramezankhani Ali, Masjedi Mohammad Reza
Tobacco Prevention and Control Research Center, Masih Daneshvari Hospital, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Int J Prev Med. 2013 May;4(5):557-64.
Students, clergymen and teachers as role models can be very important in encouragement or prevention of cigarette smoking in young people. The aim of this study was to compare prevalence of smoking in 3 male groups of teachers, clergymen and university students. Also, study their knowledge and attitude towards it and the prediction of their future consumption.
In a cross sectional study in 2009 in Tehran, Iran, 1,271 male students, 549 clergymen and 551 teachers were randomly enrolled. Each participant completed the global adult tobacco survey questionnaire. Knowledge, attitude and prediction of smoking for the next 5 years were questioned in these 3 groups. Chi-squared test and logistic regression were used for analysis. P < 0.05 was considered significant.
Prevalence of cigarette smoking was 31.1%, 21.9% and 27.2% among students, clergymen and teachers, respectively. Smoking in students was not associated with poor knowledge but were in teachers and clergymen. The odds ratio of smoking in students, clergymen and teachers was higher among those with having inappropriate attitude towards it (OR = 1.6, 6.1 and 4.5). Those with poor knowledge had an inappropriate attitude and predicted higher chance of cigarette consumption in the next 5 years (P < 0.0001). Inappropriate attitude in all 3 groups resulted in higher prediction of future smoking (P = 0.008).
This study revealed that the prevalence of smoking among male students and teachers was higher than general population and clergymen who equally smoked. Also, level of knowledge and attitude of students were lower than teachers and clergymen.
学生、神职人员和教师作为榜样，在鼓励或预防年轻人吸烟方面可能非常重要。本研究的目的是比较教师、神职人员和大学生这三组男性群体中的吸烟率。此外，研究他们对吸烟的知识和态度以及对未来吸烟量的预测。
2009年在伊朗德黑兰进行的一项横断面研究中，随机招募了1271名男学生、549名神职人员和551名教师。每位参与者都完成了全球成人烟草调查问卷。对这三组人群询问了吸烟知识、态度以及未来5年吸烟的预测情况。采用卡方检验和逻辑回归进行分析。P<0.05被认为具有统计学意义。
学生、神职人员和教师的吸烟率分别为31.1%、21.9%和27.2%。学生吸烟与知识水平低无关，但教师和神职人员吸烟与知识水平低有关。对吸烟持不恰当态度的学生、神职人员和教师的吸烟比值比更高（比值比分别为1.6、6.1和4.5）。知识水平低的人态度不恰当，并且预测未来5年吸烟的可能性更高（P<0.0001）。所有三组中态度不恰当都会导致对未来吸烟的更高预测（P=0.008）。
本研究表明，男学生和教师中的吸烟率高于普通人群，神职人员的吸烟率与之相当。此外，学生的知识水平和态度低于教师和神职人员。
