Factors influencing smoking behaviours among male adolescents in Kuantan district

ABSTRACT The aims of this study were to determine the prevalence and factors that influenced smoking behaviours among male adolescents in Kuantan, Pahang. A cross-sectional study was conducted among the form four male students in Kuantan District. Three hundred and twenty three students were random...

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Main Authors:	Mohd Yassin, Rapeah, Yaacob, Munirah, Othman, Latifah, K, Faizah, S, Norsimah, M, Maryana, Saub, Roslan
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Language:	English
Published:	University of Malaya 2008
Subjects:	RA0421 Public health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine
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spelling	iium-144422012-05-31T01:34:11Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/14442/ Factors influencing smoking behaviours among male adolescents in Kuantan district Mohd Yassin, Rapeah Yaacob, Munirah Othman, Latifah K, Faizah S, Norsimah M, Maryana Saub, Roslan RA0421 Public health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine ABSTRACT The aims of this study were to determine the prevalence and factors that influenced smoking behaviours among male adolescents in Kuantan, Pahang. A cross-sectional study was conducted among the form four male students in Kuantan District. Three hundred and twenty three students were randomly selected from eight secondaryn schools. A self-administered questionnaire was distributed to all the respondents. Almost half of the sample was smokers (45.8%) and half of them were Malays (53.1%). Students whose parents had lower level of occupation were more likely to smoke (58.8%). Among smokers, 34.5% of them smoked since primary school and a majority (91.7%) smoked 10 or less cigarettes per day. Half of them (53.4%) reported that they bought loose cigarettes and most of them used their school pocket money to purchase the cigarettes (81.7%). From the multivariate analysis, it was found that Non-Science Stream classes (OR=3.92, 95% CI= 2.10, 7.32), peers' smoking(OR=6.07, 95% CI= 2.32, 15.92), and attitude towards smoking (OR= 21.93, 95% CI= 9.71,49.51) were significantly associated with smoking habit. The prevalence of smoking among male adolescents was considerably high'in this population. It is recommended that antismoking activities in school be carried out regularly and should involve an active participation from the adolescents themselves since peers have great influence on smoking habits. University of Malaya 2008 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/14442/1/smoking_research.pdf Mohd Yassin, Rapeah and Yaacob, Munirah and Othman, Latifah and K, Faizah and S, Norsimah and M, Maryana and Saub, Roslan (2008) Factors influencing smoking behaviours among male adolescents in Kuantan district. Annals of Dentistry, 15 (2). pp. 77-81. ISSN ISSN 0128-7532 http://ejum.fsktm.um.edu.my/ArticleInformation.aspx?ArticleID=667
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spellingShingle	RA0421 Public health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine Mohd Yassin, Rapeah Yaacob, Munirah Othman, Latifah K, Faizah S, Norsimah M, Maryana Saub, Roslan Factors influencing smoking behaviours among male adolescents in Kuantan district
description	ABSTRACT The aims of this study were to determine the prevalence and factors that influenced smoking behaviours among male adolescents in Kuantan, Pahang. A cross-sectional study was conducted among the form four male students in Kuantan District. Three hundred and twenty three students were randomly selected from eight secondaryn schools. A self-administered questionnaire was distributed to all the respondents. Almost half of the sample was smokers (45.8%) and half of them were Malays (53.1%). Students whose parents had lower level of occupation were more likely to smoke (58.8%). Among smokers, 34.5% of them smoked since primary school and a majority (91.7%) smoked 10 or less cigarettes per day. Half of them (53.4%) reported that they bought loose cigarettes and most of them used their school pocket money to purchase the cigarettes (81.7%). From the multivariate analysis, it was found that Non-Science Stream classes (OR=3.92, 95% CI= 2.10, 7.32), peers' smoking(OR=6.07, 95% CI= 2.32, 15.92), and attitude towards smoking (OR= 21.93, 95% CI= 9.71,49.51) were significantly associated with smoking habit. The prevalence of smoking among male adolescents was considerably high'in this population. It is recommended that antismoking activities in school be carried out regularly and should involve an active participation from the adolescents themselves since peers have great influence on smoking habits.
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author	Mohd Yassin, Rapeah Yaacob, Munirah Othman, Latifah K, Faizah S, Norsimah M, Maryana Saub, Roslan
author_facet	Mohd Yassin, Rapeah Yaacob, Munirah Othman, Latifah K, Faizah S, Norsimah M, Maryana Saub, Roslan
author_sort	Mohd Yassin, Rapeah
title	Factors influencing smoking behaviours among male adolescents in Kuantan district
title_short	Factors influencing smoking behaviours among male adolescents in Kuantan district
title_full	Factors influencing smoking behaviours among male adolescents in Kuantan district
title_fullStr	Factors influencing smoking behaviours among male adolescents in Kuantan district
title_full_unstemmed	Factors influencing smoking behaviours among male adolescents in Kuantan district
title_sort	factors influencing smoking behaviours among male adolescents in kuantan district
publisher	University of Malaya
publishDate	2008
url	http://irep.iium.edu.my/14442/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/14442/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/14442/1/smoking_research.pdf
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Factors influencing smoking behaviours among male adolescents in Kuantan district

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