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ArticleAmerican journal of men's health

Factors Associated With Smoking Intentions Among Chinese College Students.

Yanling Wu, Hong Fan, Zhenyou Guo, Liangmin Wei

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Article in American journal of men's health. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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8citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

8 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 13 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Yanling Wu1 Department of Social Medicine and Health Education, School of Public Health, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, P.R. China.
Hong Fan1 Department of Social Medicine and Health Education, School of Public Health, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, P.R. China.ORCID 0000-0002-1814-733X
Zhenyou Guo2 College of Humanities and Management, Guilin Medical University, Guilin, Guangxi, China.
Liangmin Wei1 Department of Social Medicine and Health Education, School of Public Health, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, P.R. China.
Nanjing Medical University · CNGuilin Medical University · CN

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Smoking intention is a strong predictor of future smoking behavior. The aim of this study is to identify the significant factors associated with smoking intention among Chinese college students. A total of 2,827 students in Eastern, Middle, and Western regions of China, randomly selected using a multistage sampling method, completed the self-administered questionnaires. The association of independent variables with smoking intention was evaluated using the logistic regression model. Overall, the proportion of college students with a strong smoking intention was 6.9%. Male students (odds ratio [OR] 2.205, 95% confidence interval [CI] [1.374, 3.538]), those students whose mothers smoked (OR 3.328, 95% CI [1.527, 7.252]), those whose mothers had a higher educational level (OR 0.583, 95% CI [0.346, 0.984]), current smokers (OR 14.081, 95% CI [9.306, 21.307]), former smokers (OR 3.824, 95% CI [1.728, 8.463]), and those for whom most (OR 2.663, 95% CI [1.348, 5.261]) or a few (OR 1.826, 95% CI [1.045, 3.191]) of their closest friends were smokers had statistically significant associations with the smoking intentions of Chinese college students. Further studies are needed to elucidate mechanisms and pathways across various factors, and these factors should be incorporated into future multilevel interventions designed to decrease smoking intention among college students.

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IntentionChinaCross-Sectional StudiesFemaleHumansMaleSmokingStudentsSurveys and QuestionnairesUniversitiesYoung AdultChinacollege studentsfactorssmoking intention

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