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Predictors of transition in different stages of smoking: a longitudinal study.
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- The Effect of Educational Intervention Based on the Theory of Planned Behavior in Prevention of Smoking in Male Students.BioMed research international · 2025Article
- Differentiating between girls and boys in transition through smoking stages: A sex-specific growth mixture modeling.Health promotion perspectives · 2021Article
- Development of a Cigarette Smoking Obscenity Scale (CSOS) in adolescents: an exploratory sequential mixed method design.Health promotion perspectives · 2020Article
- Cigarette and hookah smoking and their relationship with self-esteem and communication skills among high school students.Health promotion perspectives · 2018Article
- A longitudinal study of the reciprocal relationship between ever smoking and urgency in early adolescence.Drug and alcohol dependence · 2017Article
- Causal Effect of Self-esteem on Cigarette Smoking Stages in Adolescents: Coarsened Exact Matching in a Longitudinal Study.Osong public health and research perspectives · 2016Article
- Tobacco Use Prevention by Integrating Inside and Outside of School Based Programs: A Systematic Review Article.Health promotion perspectives · 2015Review
- Risk and Protective Factors for Cigarette Use in Young Adolescents in a School Setting: What Could Be Done Better?PloS one · 2015Article
- Frequency of Smoking and Specialized Awareness among Doctors and Nurses of Hospitals in Kerman, Iran.Addiction & healthArticle
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Abstract
backgroundWe investigated longitudinally the prevalence of smoking according to three stages of smoking (never smoking, experimenting the smoking, and regular smoking), the rates of transition from one stage to another one, and determinant predictors of transition through these stages of smoking.
methodsOf all 10(th) grade students in Tabriz, 1785 students were randomly selected and assessed twice, with a 12-month interval, with respect to the changes of stage. The predictor variables were measured when the students were in the 10(th) grade. Logistic regression and principal component analysis were used to analysis data at grade 11.
findingsOf 1785 students, 14.3% (CI 95%: 12.3-16.4) and 2.8% (CI 95%: 2.0-4.0) of the never smokers became experimenters and regular smokers, respectively and 16.5% (CI 95%: 12.4-21.7) of the experimenters became regular smokers. Among never smokers, participating in smoker groups (OR=1.24), having smoker friends (OR=1.85) and a positive attitude towards smoking (OR=1.22) predicted experimentation; and participating in smokers groups (OR=1.35) and a lower socioeconomic class (OR=0.36) predicted regular smoking. Among experimenters, students having general high risk behaviors (OR=2.56) and participating in smoker groups (OR=2.58) were distinguished as those who progressed to regular smoking in follow-up.
conclusionPrograms aimed at smoking prevention and intervention should incorporate plans which focus on predictors of transition through smoking stages, and targeting participation in smoker groups.
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