• The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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• v.15 no.6
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• pp.358-369
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• 2015

This study examined the status of and factors associated with drinking experience, smoking experience, and internet addiction among elementary school students. Cross-sectional data were collected by questionnaire from 1,061 children among the fifth and sixth grades in public elementary schools in Gyeonggi province. The prevalence of drinking and smoking experience, internet addiction of participants was 22.7%, 2.9%, and 4.2% respectively. Multiple logistic regressions showed that the likelihood of drinking and smoking experience, and internet addiction was commonly higher with those who was a male and had higher aggression level. The likelihood of drinking experience was lower with those who had higher family support, while was higher with those who had higher friend support. That of internet addiction was lower with having higher friend and teacher support. Prevention strategies to prevent drinking, smoking, and internet addiction among elementary school students should consider student's gender, control aggression, and enhance social support in family and school environments.

• The Journal of the Korea institute of electronic communication sciences
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• v.7 no.4
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• pp.937-944
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• 2012

Smoking in adolescence can cause other health risks such as drinking and abusing drugs. Besides, it goes on adulthood so it can threaten their health all days. This study want to know the relationship between smoking and internet addiction in mid- and highschool students in Korea. It conducted for 38,409 middle school students and 36,657 highschool student in Korea. Smoking and internet addiction was investigated by chi-squared test and the relation between them was done by a Logistic Regression Analysis. The statistical significance is under 0.05. The percentage of smoking is 34.2% in male student and 19.7% in female student. The percentage of internet addiction is 17.6% in male student and 11.4% in female student and it is higher in students who smoked by 1.06 times for male student and 1.62 times for female student. This result shows that smoking which is non-healthy habit is related with internet addiction significantly. Smoking can cause high stress and this stress is shown to be developed in internet addiction. In conclusion, smoking and internet addiction in adolescence are bad habits and they are affect each other. Therefore we have to consider a measure by looking as smoking, stress and internet addiction are complex health risks rather than trying to prevent and treat them individually.

• Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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• v.13 no.11
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• pp.5364-5371
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• 2012

This study was performed to investigate the relations between internet addiction, depression, and anxiety in smoking adolescents. In order to get the data by self-questionnaire, 202 subjects were selected from Aug. 15 to Sep. 20, 2012. The data was analyzed by mean, standard deviation, t-test, ANOVA, Pearson's correlation coefficient, and multiple regression using SPSS/WIN 18.0 program. Internet addiction score was $30.9{\pm}6.55$, depression score was $9.0{\pm}4.76$, and anxiety score was $12.3{\pm}5.31$. There were significant positive correlations between internet addiction and depression, between internet addiction and anxiety, between depression and anxiety. Multiple regression analysis revealed that the predictors of internet addiction were average number of days drinking alcohol per month, average daily cigarette consumption and starting daily smoking age. The findings of study will be used for basic information to prevent and control internet addiction of smoking adolescents.

• The Journal of the Korea institute of electronic communication sciences
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• v.8 no.5
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• pp.695-702
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• 2013

The purpose of this study was to examine effects of socio-demographic, health, and internet addiction factors on smoking behavior among the Korean youth. The 2009 Korean Youth Health Risk Behavior On-line Survey data was used for this purpose. Frequency analysis and chi-square test were employed for this study. Gender, living with parents, economic status, school level, academic record, subjective health status, subjective well-being, level of stress, level of depression and internet addiction were significantly associated with their smoking behavior. Findings may be used for developing promising strategies to cope with smoking behavior of adolescents in Korea.

• The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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• v.19 no.3
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• pp.357-364
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• 2019

The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between Internet addiction and oral health behavior among university students. The results, internet addiction was found in gender and smoking, oral health behaviors were classified according grade and smoking, differences in internet addiction were found in gender and smoking, there were statistically significant differences. And in common, high was first grades, non-health related major, smokers and drinkers, male students living at home. Oral health behaviors were found to be "lying on one side when sleeping" the highest, indicating that frequent use of the Internet occurred before sleep and thus negative oral health behaviors. In addition, there was a statistically significant correlation between college students 'oral health behavior and Internet addiction. Also, university students' internet addiction was found to be an oral health behavior. As a result of the above research, it is necessary to educate and guide appropriate internet use considering the influence on university students academic performance, and to develop oral health education program to recognize the problem of internet use regulation and the oral health behavior of university students themselves.

• The Korean Chronic Disease News
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• no.201
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• pp.14-14
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• 1997

• The Korean Chronic Disease News
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• no.202
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• pp.14-14
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• 1997

• The Korean Chronic Disease News
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• no.203
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• pp.14-14
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• 1997

• Journal of Oral Medicine and Pain
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• v.35 no.3
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• pp.183-192
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• 2010

The aim of this study is to determine a relationship between the smoking and the gustation. For that purpose, the survey is about the subjective taste change after smoking compared the electrical taste thresholds by EGM on healthy young Korean men before and after smoking. The results of the electrogustometry showed significant differences between smokers and non-smokers, also between before smoking and directly after smoking in smokers showed significant differences which indicated the immediate, but temporary effects of smoking on the taste thresholds. There were no difference of gustatory function by the amount of smoking and the degree of addiction. Based on the results of this study, further studies will be focused on the difference of gustatory function between before and after smoking using the chemical taste test, and the relationship between change of olfactory and gustation by smoking.

• 건강소식
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• v.15 no.2 s.147
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• pp.2-5
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• 1991

흡연이 건강에 좋지 않다는 것을 모르는 사람은 없다. 그러면서도 과감히 끊어버리기에는 너무도 큰 아쉬움(?)을 남기는 담배. 금연운동가들은 이 애연가들을 향 정신성 약물에 중독된 흡연병자라고 지칭하기로 주저하지 않는다. 이 흡연병자들을 위해 19년 동안이나 금연운동을 벌여온 청량리 위생병원의 5일 금연학교가 이 추운 겨울에도 금연을 희망하는 사람들을 위해 문을 열고 있다. 왜, 그리고 어떻게 금연해야할까. 금연학교의 교육방법을 통해 지금 바로 금연을 시도해 보자.