US college students' use of tobacco products - Results of a national survey
US college students' use of tobacco products - Results of a national survey
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DOI:
10.1001/jama.284.6.699
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发表时间:
2000-08-09
影响因子:
120.7
通讯作者:
Wechsler, H
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作者:
Rigotti, NA;Lee, JE;Wechsler, H
Context Adults aged 18 to 24 years, many of whom are in college, represent the youngest legal targets for tobacco industry marketing. Cigarette smoking has been described among college students, but little is known about noncigarette tobacco use by college students or cigar use by adults of any age.Objectives To assess the prevalence of all forms of tobacco use (cigarettes, cigars, pipes, and smokeless tobacco) among US college students and to identify student- and college-level factors associated with use of each product.Design The Harvard College Alcohol Survey, a self-administered survey conducted in 1999.Setting One hundred nineteen nationally representative US 4-year colleges.Subjects A total of 14138 randomly selected students (60% response rate).Main Outcome Measures Self-report of current (in the past 30 days), past-year, and lifetime use of cigarettes, cigars, pipes, smokeless tobacco, and all tobacco products.Results Nearly half (45.7%) of respondents had used a tobacco product in the past year and one third (32.9%) currently used tobacco. Cigarettes accounted for most of the tobacco use (28.5% current prevalence), but cigar use was also substantial (37.1% lifetime prevalence, 23.0% past-year prevalence, and 8.5% current prevalence) and combinations of the 2 were common. Total tobacco use was higher in men than in women (37.9% vs 29.7%; P