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KMID : 1023420130130040369
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Journal of Dental Hygiene Science
2013 Volume.13 No. 4 p.369 ~ p.377
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Relationship of the State of Smoking to Smoking Beliefs among College Students
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Lee Hyun-Ok
Song Ji-Yeon
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Abstract
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The purpose of this study was to examine the state of smoking among college students and the relationship between their state of smoking and smoking beliefs in an effort to provide information on the development and utilization of smoking-prevention and antismoking programs geared toward stepping up the health promotion of college students. The subjects in this study were 1,696 people at 10 different universities located in North Jeolla Province. A survey was conducted from May 1 to June 1, 2012, and the collected data were analyzed. The findings of the study were as follows: 1. Smoking status was as follows: smoking was 23.7% for students with experience, the first one when smoking was the highest 42.1% in high school and a four-year duration of smoking was highest in at least 46.1%. 2. As for smoking beliefs by general characteristics, the respondents whose monthly allowance was between 300 and 390 thousand Korean won and 400 thousand Korean won or more got 1.91 (p ＜0.001), Concerning the relationship between smoking and oral health, the biggest group that replied there was no relationship between the two got 2.00, which was the highest score (p＜0.001). 3. Regarding the links between the state of smoking and smoking belief, the respondents who answered elementary school days in the time to begin smoking got 2.66, which was the highest score, and the one who answered four out of their five close friends were smoking got 2.60, which was the highest score (p＜0.05). 4. As to the relationship of smoking dependence and intention of quitting smoking, the respondents who answered they were quite dependent on smoking got 2.75 (p＜0.001), which was the highest score. And the respondents who answered they had no intention to give up smoking got 2.68, which was the highest score (p＜0.01).
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KEYWORD
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College students , Smoking beliefs , The state of smoking
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