ArticleScandinavian journal of primary health care2009
When do adolescents become smokers? Annual seven-year population-based follow-up of tobacco habits among 2000 Swedish pupils--an open cohort study.
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- Snus user identity and addiction: a Swedish focus group study on adolescents.BMC public health · 2012Article
- Contribution of parental and school personnel smoking to health risk behaviours among Finnish adolescents.BMC public health · 2009Article
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Abstract
objectiveTo follow the development of a class of pupils' tobacco habits for seven years, and to study differences in tobacco use between girls and boys.
settingKronoberg County in southern Sweden. SUBJECTS: All the approximately 2000 pupils were followed from approximately age 12 to approximately age 18.
designYearly cross-sectional surveys from 1994 to 2000. Each year, the pupils filled in an established tobacco questionnaire. They did it anonymously in the classroom.
main outcome measuresPercentage of smokers, number of cigarettes smoked per day, and percentage of pupils using "snus", the Swedish variety of oral moist snuff.
resultsFrom grade 6 of compulsory school to grade 12 of upper secondary school, the proportion of daily smokers rose, from 0.2% to 22% for girls and from 0.5% to 14% for boys. Among both genders, the increase occurred mainly between grades 7 and 10, and from grade 10 onwards the daily smokers were the largest group of smokers. Starting from grade 9, boys had higher total tobacco consumption than girls, as a result of their increased use of "snus", and at the end of the study 39% of the boys used tobacco compared with 34% of the girls.
conclusionStudying young people's tobacco habits over time gives an understanding of when preventive measures should be implemented. In order for these to influence attitudes, they should be put in place well before tobacco is introduced.
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