The survey of contributing factors to cigarette smoking in male adolescent in Shiraz in 2016

Background and Aim: Cigarette smoking among adolescents is a well-known public health problem and increased in recent years. Identifying the underlying factors contributing to smoking among adolescent is important in establishing smoking control programs. Since predisposing factors to smoking initiation among Iranian adolescents are not well recog nized, this presents study was done to survey the contributing factors in male adolescents’ .smoking status in Shiraz capital city in the southern of Iran 2016 Materials and Methods: This analytical cross-sectional study was performed on 367 male high school students between 15-18 years old in Shiraz through cluster random sampling method in four educational regions and 8 high school in the city. The self-administered questionnaire included demographic and cigarette smoking-related variables, completed by students. Data were analyzed by SPSS last version through independent-samples t test, Chi square, and logistic regression Results: A total of 65 students 17.7% had experienced cigarette smoking at least one time. Having smoker parents 63.1% , smoking to decrease stress 35.3% , having a smoker friend 47.6 were common reasons associated to smoking P < 0.05 . however smoking to pay more attention in society explored by 26.1 students but there is no statistically sig nificant. P > 0.05Conclusion: The finding of this study showed that the effect of several psychosocial, behav ioral and familial factors on adolescents’ smoking status. Thus, design such interventions for example familial educating and education of life skills to students may be effective in preventing smoking among adolescents

Keywords:

smoking , adolescent , risk factors