Mamoona Mushtaq, Asra Butt.
Identifying Social, Psychological And Demographic Factors Leading To Smoking Initiation In College Boys.
J Postgrad Med Inst Jan ;30(4):302-8.

Objectives: To identify social, psychological and demographic risk factors of cigarette smoking in college boys. Methodology: Cross-sectional research design was used in this research. Purposive sampling technique was used for data collection. Sample of total 500 (smokers = 350, non-smokers = 150) was obtained from 10 public colleges of Lahore city. A comprehensive self-structured questionnaire which contained items related to social, psychological and demographic information was prepare and employed for data collection. Descriptive statistics, alpha reliability analysis, chi-square, and logistic regression model were carried out for data analyses. Results: Significant positive association of group pressure (χ2 =14.52), modeling (χ2 =12.93), social deviance (χ2 =10.70), advertisement propaganda (χ2 =05.16), fashion (χ2 =14.65) and easy availability (χ2 =06.33) was found with smoking initiation in college boys. Similarly, psychological factors of curiosity (χ2 = 12.84), stress-reduction (χ2 = 14.71), depression (χ2 = 04.92), PATS (χ2 = 09.46) and competion with friends (χ2 = 03.02) were found. Social factors (B =.57, OR=1.62, 95% CI, 1.40-1.87, p<.001), psychological factors (B =.21, OR=1.45, 95% CI, 1.02-1.70, p<.05), and demographic factors of father’s smoking behavior (B =.39, OR=1.51, 95% CI, 1.30-2.10, p<.01), friend who smoke (B =.58, OR=2.89, 95% CI, 1.45-3.72, p<.001), and monthly pocket money (B =.48, OR=1.55, 95% CI, 1.08-2.12, p<.001) were found. Conclusion: Social, psychological and demographic variables are significantly associated with smoking behavior in college boys.

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