Cosci Fiammetta, Zagà Vincenzo, Bertoli Giuly, Campiotti Aquilele
Department of Psychology, University of Florence, Via di San Salvi 12, 50135 Florence, Italy.
Department of Pneumatology, AUSL of Bologna, Via Tiarini 10, 40129 Bologna, Italy.
ISRN Addict. 2012 Nov 27;2013:968505. doi: 10.1155/2013/968505. eCollection 2013.
Tobacco use is dramatically increasing among youth. Growing attention has been addressed towards possible predictors of smoking in such a population. We evaluated a sample of Italian adolescents to verify whether adults and peers might influence their smoking status. Cross-sectional study was conducted in 16 schools of North Italy. Data were collected from 2001 to 2010 by means of a self-administered questionnaire on sociodemographic data and individual/social possible predictors of smoking. 2,444 students (56.7% boys; 43.3% girls; mean = 14.32 ± 1.384 years) were analysed. 607 (24.8%) were current smokers; 1,837 (75.2%) were nonsmokers. The presence of smokers in the family, seeing teachers who smoke, the influence of friends, and the feeling of inferiority were predictors of youth smoking as well as unawareness of nicotine dangerous action to health. Running the logistic multivariate analysis with all the variables listed above in the same model, the strongest predictors of smoking were as follows: being unaware that pipe/cigar is harmful to health as cigarettes; not knowing that passive smoking is harmful to the growth of children; having seen teachers smoking. The present findings help to identify the variables that might favour smoking in youth. Such variables should become the target of prevention programs.
青少年吸烟率正在急剧上升。人们越来越关注这一人群中吸烟的可能预测因素。我们对一组意大利青少年进行了评估，以验证成年人和同龄人是否会影响他们的吸烟状况。在意大利北部的16所学校开展了横断面研究。2001年至2010年期间，通过一份关于社会人口统计学数据以及吸烟的个人/社会可能预测因素的自填式问卷收集数据。对2444名学生（56.7%为男生；43.3%为女生；平均年龄 = 14.32 ± 1.384岁）进行了分析。607人（24.8%）为当前吸烟者；1837人（75.2%）为非吸烟者。家庭中有吸烟者、看到老师吸烟、朋友的影响、自卑感以及对尼古丁对健康危险作用的无知都是青少年吸烟的预测因素。在同一模型中对上述所有变量进行逻辑多元分析，吸烟的最强预测因素如下：不知道烟斗/雪茄与香烟一样对健康有害；不知道被动吸烟对儿童成长有害；看到老师吸烟。目前的研究结果有助于确定可能助长青少年吸烟的变量。这些变量应成为预防项目的目标。
