Tobacco retailer density surrounding schools and youth smoking behaviour: a multi-level analysis.
Tobacco retailer density surrounding schools and youth smoking behaviour: a multi-level analysis.
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DOI:
10.1186/1617-9625-9-9
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发表时间:
2011-07-27
影响因子:
3.7
通讯作者:
Leatherdale ST
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文献类型:
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作者:
Chan WC;Leatherdale ST
Youth smoking prevention should be a public health priority. It is not only vital to prevent youth from smoking but also to prevent non-smoking youth from becoming susceptible to smoking. Past research has examined factors associated with youth's susceptibility to become a future smoker, but research has yet to examine tobacco retailer density and susceptibility to smoking among never smokers. The objectives of this study are to examine how tobacco retailer density surrounding schools and social smoking influences are associated with smoking susceptibility among youth of never smokers, and occasional and daily smoking among youth of current smokers. Data were collected in 2005-2006 from grade 9 to 12 students attending 76 secondary schools in Ontario, Canada, as part of the SHAPES-On study. A series of multi-level logistic regression analyses were performed to understand how student- and school-level factors are associated with three smoking behaviour outcomes: smoking susceptibility among never smokers, occasional smoking, and daily smoking. The number of tobacco retailers surrounding a school was found to be associated with the likelihood of a never smoker being susceptible to future smoking (OR 1.03, 95CI% 1.01, 1.05). We also identified that being surrounded by smoking social influences, specifically family and close friends, can substantially increase the likelihood that never smokers are at risk for future smoking or that youth are already occasional or daily smokers. We identified that the number of tobacco retailers surrounding a school was associated with an increased odds of being susceptible to future smoking among male never smokers. Smoking social models surrounding youth also appears to have an important impact on their smoking behaviour regardless of their smoking status. It is important for youth smoking prevention programs to begin early, interrupt youths' susceptibility to future smoking, and focus on subgroups that are at higher risk of smoking. The government should consider the impact of tobacco retailer density on youth smoking behaviour, and be cautious when granting licenses for establishments to sell tobacco products.
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影响因子:
5.1
作者:
Murnaghan, Donna A.;Sihvonen, Marja;Kekki, Pertti
通讯作者:
Kekki, Pertti
DOI:
10.1007/bf03404030
发表时间:
2005-09-01
影响因子:
4.3
作者:
Leatherdale, ST
通讯作者:
Leatherdale, ST
影响因子:
4.7
作者:
Forrester, Kathleen;Biglan, Anthony;Smolkowski, Keith
通讯作者:
Smolkowski, Keith
影响因子:
3.5
作者:
Leatherdale, Scott T.;McDonald, Paul W.;Brown, K. Stephen
通讯作者:
Brown, K. Stephen
影响因子:
4.7
作者:
Bricker, Jonathan B.;Peterson, Arthur V., Jr.;Sarason, Irwin G.
通讯作者:
Sarason, Irwin G.