Mandal Anil Kumar
Health and Physical Education Department, Tribhuvan University, Suryanarayan Satyanarayan Morbaita Yadav Multiple Campus, Siraha, Madhesh Province, Nepal.
PLOS Glob Public Health. 2025 Jan 3;5(1):e0004139. doi: 10.1371/journal.pgph.0004139. eCollection 2025.
Tobacco consumption among adolescent students in Nepal has grown to an alarming proportion, raising serious concerns about associated factors. The study aimed to describe the tobacco consumption behavior of in-school adolescent students and its associated factors. A cross-sectional survey design was followed to conduct the study. Students of community schools in Class 10 of a municipality in Saptari, Nepal, were the population of the study. All students who were present on the day of data collection participated in the study. Two hundred and twenty-five students participated in the study with a response rate of 95.74%. A validated, self-administered anonymous questionnaire was used to collect data. Frequency, percentage, and binary logistic regression were used to analyze the data. The proportion of students who consumed tobacco was 24% (boy: 18.7%, girl: 5.3%). Sex of students (OR = 5.529, 95% CI 2.375-12.872, P = .000) and tobacco consumption behavior of students' fathers (OR = 3.358, 95% CI 1.308-8.617, P = .012) were significantly associated with tobacco consumption behavior of adolescent students. I concluded that the sex of students and the tobacco consumption behavior of students' fathers are the main associated factors of the tobacco consumption behavior of adolescent students. Anti-tobacco policies should be developed and implemented with the coordination of school administration, the school management committee, and the local bodies targeting students, especially boys and students' fathers.
尼泊尔青少年学生的烟草消费已增长到令人担忧的比例，引发了对相关因素的严重关切。该研究旨在描述在校青少年学生的烟草消费行为及其相关因素。采用横断面调查设计进行研究。尼泊尔萨普塔里一个市镇的社区学校10年级学生为研究对象。数据收集当天所有在校学生都参与了研究。225名学生参与了研究，应答率为95.74%。使用经过验证的自填式匿名问卷收集数据。采用频率、百分比和二元逻辑回归分析数据。吸烟学生的比例为24%（男生：18.7%，女生：5.3%）。学生性别（比值比=5.529，95%置信区间2.375 - 12.872，P = 0.000）和学生父亲的烟草消费行为（比值比=3.358，95%置信区间1.308 - 8.617，P = 0.012）与青少年学生的烟草消费行为显著相关。我得出结论，学生性别和学生父亲的烟草消费行为是青少年学生烟草消费行为的主要相关因素。应在学校管理部门、学校管理委员会和地方机构的协调下制定和实施针对学生，尤其是男生和学生父亲的反烟草政策。
