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KMID : 1138720040300010057
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Korean Public Health Research
2004 Volume.30 No. 1 p.57 ~ p.70
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A Study of the Correlation between College Students Drinking and Smoking Habits
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Rhim Kook-Hwan
Lee Jun-Hyup
Choi Man-Kyu
Kim Chun-Jin
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Abstract
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This study was conducted to investigate significant aspects and relations between college students’ drinking and smoking habits. The chief purpose of this study is to create an effective strategy to promote greater health awareness, re drinking and smoking amongst students. For the purpose of the study a self-administered questionnaire was given to the students of two universities and two colleges located in Seoul from July 1 to 5, 2003. The respondentsconsisted of 562(93.7%) students, who responded to the questionnaire objectively. The major statistical methods employed for the analysis were frequency, chi-square test, multiple logistic regression, and multiple regression analysis. The major results of this study were as follows. First, the percentage of drinkers amongst the respondents was 93.0%and the gender differential was 96.4% of male to 89.0% of female drinkers. Second, as for the ratio of smoking, re gender ; 50.8% of male students were smokers, but only 6.3% of female students were smokers. Interestingly, more than 60% of smoking students had made attempts to quit smoking but failed. Third, 96.9% of non-smokers and 82.9% of smokers responded that smoking is harmful to health. Noticeably, 9.4% of smokers responded that smoking is rather good to health. That rate of smokers was far higher than 1% in case of non-smokers. Fourth, according to the motivation and attitude analysis on moderate drinking and quitting smoking,57.4% of male students and 44.1% of female students attempted to reduce drinking, and more than 60.0% of males and females made attempts to quit smoking. Fifth, the analysis of the correlation between college students’ smoking and drinking shows some interesting results. Among the respondents who responded that they drank a bottle of So-ju, non-smokers were 38%, and smokers were 74.%, in which smokers were about twice more than non-smokers. Of respondents who drank more than two bottles of So-ju, non-smokers were 6.3 %, and smokers were 25.5 %. As for drinking frequency, of respondents who drank more than twice a month, non-smokers were 20.3%, and smokers were 42.6%. This survey shows that drinking and smoking habits are closely interrelated and thus suggests non-smoking education and sensible drinking campaigns, be conducted simultaneously. Sixth, the result of analyzing some factors that influence college students’ smoking is as follows: As the grade was higher, the average drinking frequency per month and drinking quantity were higher, and more respondents smoked. The major factors that influence the drinking frequency included academic grades, average allowances per month, drinking quantity, and the motivation to quit drinking. It showed that when academic grades were higher, drinking frequency was lower and as the average allowances per month were larger, drinking quantity was higher. Naturally when the respondents had the motivation to quit drinking, the drinking frequency was lower. In conclusion, results suggest that the strong correlation between the drinking and smoking habits of students necessitates health education strategies that address both health issues simultaneously.
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KEYWORD
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correlation between drinking & smoking habits, health education, factors affecting drinking frequency
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