A study of major characteristics of buying cigarettes in adolescent smokers in Korea

흡연청소년의 담배구매 관련 주요 특성에 관한 연구

  • Shin, Sun-Mi (College Of Nursing, University of Illinois at Chicago) ;
  • Lee, Hee-Woo (Seoul School Health Promotion Center) ;
  • Kang, Se-Won (College Of Nursing, University of Illinois at Chicago)
  • 신선미 (일리노이주립대학교 간호대학) ;
  • 이희우 (서울특별시학교보건진흥원) ;
  • 강세원 (일리노이주립대학교 간호대학)
  • Published : 2008.12.01

Abstract

Purpose : To investigate major characteristics influencing on adolescent smoking in Korea. Method : The subjects were 431 students (298 male and 133 female) enrolled in the non smoking program at Seoul School Health Promotion Center from March 2006 to February 2007. The survey was done about motivation of smoking, the way of getting cigarettes and frequency, chi-square test, and t-test by SAS package 8.1 were used to analyze the data. Result : Total 431 subjects were composed of 49.2% middle school students, 50.8% high school students. The middle school students who smoke 1 to less than 10 cigarettes per day were 56.1% and 10 to less than 20 cigarettes per day 26.7%, while high school students were 46.8% and 44.1%. 73.1% of male, and 76.9% of female students selected the cigarettes depending on taste and fragrance. The places of buying cigarettes were supermarkets 67%, convenience stores 19.4%, small stores 11.8%. A high percentage of students answered they did not have to show ID when they bought cigarettes(“rarely checked the ID” 25.2% of male and 30.8% of female, ”did not checked at all” was 10.9% male and 9.6% female). The ratio of spending money on buying cigarettes was 38.8% and 35.6% in male and female middle school, and 37.9% and 27.2% in male and female high school. Conclusion : Findings of this study suggests the constituting of strong social regulations to protect youth from smoking.

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