Abstract
The present study investigated the gender differences in the effects of smoking-stimulating factors, smoking recognition, and health behaviors on college students' smoking through a structured questionnaire administered to 977 students enrolled in a community college at U city from April to June 2015. Collected data were analyzed using IBM SPSS Statistics version 20.0, and the difference in the effect of participants' smoking-stimulating factors, smoking recognition, and health behaviors on smoking by gender was determined using binomial logistic regression analysis. The results identified that the predictive factors for the smoking behavior of male college students were the number of smoking family members and smoking recognition; and that of female college students were the number of smoking family members, existence of smoking friends, smoking recognition, and moderate level of physical activities. Based on the results of the present study, smoking cessation policies and management, with considerations given to the difference in smoking risk factors according to gender, are necessary to prevent college students' smoking.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 8571-8580 |
Number of pages | 10 |
Journal | Information |
Volume | 20 |
Issue number | 12 |
State | Published - 2017 |
Keywords
- College
- Gender
- Health
- Smoking
- Students