Predicting adult smoking: The influence of smoking during adolescence and smoking among friends and family
Predicting adult smoking: The influence of smoking during adolescence and smoking among friends and family
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DOI：
10.1093/her/11.3.309
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发表时间：
1996-09-01
影响因子：
2.4
通讯作者：
Puska, P
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作者：
Paavola, M;Vartiainen, E;Puska, P
这项研究的目的是通过纵向数据来预测青少年早期到成年期的吸烟情况。这些数据是在北卡累利阿青年项目中收集的。该项目于1978年开始，学生为初七年级（13岁），于1980年完成，学生为初九年级。后续研究包括在15年内进行的另外四次调查，最后一次是在1993- 1994年。结果显示，三分之二的初中九年级（15岁）吸烟者在28岁时仍在吸烟。在28岁的吸烟者中，大约有一半在九年级时就开始吸烟了，另一半则是在九年级之后开始吸烟的。以前吸烟状况和朋友吸烟是吸烟最重要的预测因素。吸烟和不吸烟从青少年到成年的连续性支持了初中预防计划的重要性。另一方面，大约一半的吸烟成年人在那之后开始吸烟。这表明预防项目应该在初中以后继续进行。
The aim of the study was to predict smoking from early adolescence to adulthood by using longitudinal data. The data was gathered in connection with the North Karelia Youth Project. The project was started in 1978 with students in the seventh grade of junior high school (aged 13 years) and finished in 1980 when the students reached the ninth grade. The follow-up study included four additional surveys over 15 years, the last being in 1993-94. The results show that two-thirds of the smokers in the ninth grade of junior high school (aged 15 years) were still smoking at the age of 28. About half of the smokers at the age of 28 were smokers in the ninth grade and the other half had started after that. Previous smoking status and smoking by friends were the most important predictors of smoking. The continuity of smoking and non-smoking from adolescence to adulthood supports the importance of prevention programs in junior high school. On the other hand, about half of the smoking adults had started smoking after that. This indicates that the prevention programs should continue after junior high school.