School of Pharmacy, Lebanese International University, Beirut 1103, Lebanon.
INSPECT-LB (Institut National de Santé Publique, d'Épidémiologie Clinique et de Toxicologie-Liban), Beirut 6573, Lebanon.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2022 May 6;19(9):5679. doi: 10.3390/ijerph19095679.
(1) Background: The study aims to assess cigarette smoking and waterpipe experimentation among Lebanese adolescent school students with respect to their gender, region, age, and socioeconomic status. (2) Methods: This is a cross-sectional study, where students between 11 to 18 years of age were included from all over Lebanon. (3) Results: A total of 1133 students were interviewed. The total proportion of adolescents who ever experimented with cigarette smoking was 24.5%. Males experimented with cigarette smoking more commonly than females (31.9% vs. 19.1%; p < 0.001). Cigarette smoking experimentation was higher among students from the Beirut area (33.6%; p < 0.001) in comparison to other regions, and among those with poor health perception (29.1% vs. 19.8%; p < 0.001) compared to students with excellent health perception. The total proportion of adolescents who ever used a waterpipe was 33.9%. Waterpipes were significantly more experimented with among males than females (40.3% vs. 29.8%; p < 0.001), and among students with bad perception about their health (39.4% vs. 28.9%; p < 0.001). Adolescents who experimented with both cigarettes and waterpipes constitute 22.2% of the studied sample. (4) Conclusions: The rate of tobacco product use is alarming and constitutes a major public health issue for adolescents that urgently needs intervention. The findings raise important policy implications for the development of cigarette smoking prevention programs for youth.
（1）背景：本研究旨在评估黎巴嫩青少年学生的吸烟和水烟实验情况，考虑到他们的性别、地区、年龄和社会经济地位。（2）方法：这是一项横断面研究，从黎巴嫩各地选取了 11 至 18 岁的学生。（3）结果：共对 1133 名学生进行了访谈。曾经尝试过吸烟的青少年总比例为 24.5%。男性比女性更常尝试吸烟（31.9%对 19.1%；p<0.001）。与其他地区相比，贝鲁特地区的学生吸烟实验率更高（33.6%；p<0.001），与健康感知良好的学生（29.1%对 19.8%；p<0.001）相比，健康感知较差的学生吸烟实验率更高。曾经使用过水烟的青少年总比例为 33.9%。男性比女性更常尝试水烟（40.3%对 29.8%；p<0.001），与健康感知较差的学生（39.4%对 28.9%；p<0.001）相比，健康感知良好的学生水烟实验率更高。同时尝试过香烟和水烟的青少年占研究样本的 22.2%。（4）结论：烟草制品的使用率令人震惊，是青少年面临的一个主要公共卫生问题，迫切需要干预。这些发现为制定青少年吸烟预防计划提出了重要的政策意义。
