Davis T C, Arnold C, Nandy I, Bocchini J A, Gottlieb A, George R B, Berkel H
Department of Medicine, Louisiana State University Medical Center, Shreveport 71130-3932, USA.
J Adolesc Health. 1997 Aug;21(2):97-101. doi: 10.1016/s1054-139x(97)00032-3.
The purpose of this study was to compare tobacco use among high school male athletes with their nonathlete counterparts. We hypothesized that there was an inverse correlation between the intensity level of the sport and frequency of tobacco use.
Students were surveyed at seven high schools in northwest Louisiana using a 109-item questionnaire. Of the 1,200 males tested, 83% participated in one or more sports. The mean age was 15.8, and mean grade level was 10th. Sixty-seven percent were white, 27% African-American (AA), and 6% other.
Forty-one percent of the adolescent males tested were one or more tobacco products, 31% reported cigarette smoking, 21% chewed tobacco, and 18% used snuff. Eleven percent reported using all three tobacco products. Race was a significant determinant of tobacco use, with whites being more likely to use each of the three tobacco products (P < .001). Medium- and high-intensity athletes were significantly (P < .01) less likely to be heavy smokers than athletes participating in low-intensity sports and nonathletes. However, athletes of each intensity sport used chewing tobacco and snuff at significantly higher rates (P < .001) than nonathletes. When race and grade point average were controlled, sports intensity was a significant predictor of smokeless tobacco use but not overall smoking behavior. Both AA and white high school male athletes at all sport intensity levels were using chewing tobacco and snuff at a rate higher at least 1.5 times that of their nonathlete counterparts.
In our study, high school males' sports participation was a predictor of smokeless tobacco use but not overall smoking behavior. Although the probability of AA high school athletes using smokeless tobacco was low compared to whites, the pattern of use was similar across intensity levels of sports.
本研究旨在比较高中男运动员与非运动员的烟草使用情况。我们假设运动强度水平与烟草使用频率之间存在负相关。
使用一份包含109个条目的问卷对路易斯安那州西北部七所高中的学生进行调查。在接受测试的1200名男性中，83%参加了一项或多项运动。平均年龄为15.8岁，平均年级为十年级。67%为白人，27%为非裔美国人（AA），6%为其他种族。
接受测试的青少年男性中有41%使用一种或多种烟草制品，31%报告吸烟，21%嚼烟草，18%使用鼻烟。11%报告使用所有三种烟草制品。种族是烟草使用的一个重要决定因素，白人使用这三种烟草制品中的每一种的可能性更大（P < .001）。中高强度运动员成为重度吸烟者的可能性显著低于参加低强度运动的运动员和非运动员（P < .01）。然而，各强度运动的运动员使用嚼烟草和鼻烟的比例显著高于非运动员（P < .001）。当控制种族和平均绩点时，运动强度是无烟烟草使用的一个重要预测因素，但不是总体吸烟行为的预测因素。所有运动强度水平的非裔美国人和白人高中男运动员使用嚼烟草和鼻烟的比例至少是其非运动员同龄人使用比例的1.5倍。
在我们的研究中，高中男性参与体育运动是无烟烟草使用的一个预测因素，但不是总体吸烟行为的预测因素。尽管与白人相比，非裔美国高中运动员使用无烟烟草的可能性较低，但在不同运动强度水平上的使用模式相似。
