The role of tobacco promoting and restraining factors in smoking intentions among Ghanaian youth
<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>In Western countries, the relationship between smoking intentions and smoking behaviour is well established. However, youth smoking intentions and associated factors in developing countries are largely unexplored and the former may o...
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| description | <p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>In Western countries, the relationship between smoking intentions and smoking behaviour is well established. However, youth smoking intentions and associated factors in developing countries are largely unexplored and the former may occur for a variety of reasons. We investigated youth smoking intentions in Ghana with regard to several tobacco promoting and restraining factors, including environmental, familial, attitudinal and knowledge measures.</p> <p>Methods</p> <p>A school-based survey of a representative sample of 12-20-year-olds was conducted in 2008 in Ghana (<it>N =</it> 1338, response rate 89.7%).</p> <p>Results</p> <p>In a bivariate model, both among ever and never smokers, allowing smoking on school compound, exposure to tobacco advertisement and parental smoking were associated with future intention to smoke. Compared to those who agreed that smoking is harmful to health, smoking is difficult to quit and that tobacco should not be sold to minors, those who disagreed or were not sure were more likely to have an intention to smoke. In the multivariate analyses, these associations persisted, except that the attitude measures concerning the difficulty of quitting smoking once started and tobacco sales ban were no longer significantly associated with smoking intentions.</p> <p>Conclusions</p> <p>These findings underscore the importance of school smoking policy, parental smoking behaviour and knowledge of the harmful effects of tobacco use in determining Ghanaian youths’ future smoking intentions. Because current high percentages of smoking intentions may turn into high smoking rates in the future, the introduction of effective tobacco control measures at all levels of society to prevent youth smoking in Ghana may be essential.</p> |
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| spelling | doaj.art-acead9b18fa14a5f992d7ba7f88b19712022-12-21T19:39:47ZengBMCBMC Public Health1471-24582012-08-0112166210.1186/1471-2458-12-662The role of tobacco promoting and restraining factors in smoking intentions among Ghanaian youthDoku DavidRaisamo SusannaWiium Nora<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>In Western countries, the relationship between smoking intentions and smoking behaviour is well established. However, youth smoking intentions and associated factors in developing countries are largely unexplored and the former may occur for a variety of reasons. We investigated youth smoking intentions in Ghana with regard to several tobacco promoting and restraining factors, including environmental, familial, attitudinal and knowledge measures.</p> <p>Methods</p> <p>A school-based survey of a representative sample of 12-20-year-olds was conducted in 2008 in Ghana (<it>N =</it> 1338, response rate 89.7%).</p> <p>Results</p> <p>In a bivariate model, both among ever and never smokers, allowing smoking on school compound, exposure to tobacco advertisement and parental smoking were associated with future intention to smoke. Compared to those who agreed that smoking is harmful to health, smoking is difficult to quit and that tobacco should not be sold to minors, those who disagreed or were not sure were more likely to have an intention to smoke. In the multivariate analyses, these associations persisted, except that the attitude measures concerning the difficulty of quitting smoking once started and tobacco sales ban were no longer significantly associated with smoking intentions.</p> <p>Conclusions</p> <p>These findings underscore the importance of school smoking policy, parental smoking behaviour and knowledge of the harmful effects of tobacco use in determining Ghanaian youths’ future smoking intentions. Because current high percentages of smoking intentions may turn into high smoking rates in the future, the introduction of effective tobacco control measures at all levels of society to prevent youth smoking in Ghana may be essential.</p>http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2458/12/662YouthSmokingTobacco useSmoking IntentionsGhana |
| spellingShingle | Doku David Raisamo Susanna Wiium Nora The role of tobacco promoting and restraining factors in smoking intentions among Ghanaian youth BMC Public Health Youth Smoking Tobacco use Smoking Intentions Ghana |
| title | The role of tobacco promoting and restraining factors in smoking intentions among Ghanaian youth |
| title_full | The role of tobacco promoting and restraining factors in smoking intentions among Ghanaian youth |
| title_fullStr | The role of tobacco promoting and restraining factors in smoking intentions among Ghanaian youth |
| title_full_unstemmed | The role of tobacco promoting and restraining factors in smoking intentions among Ghanaian youth |
| title_short | The role of tobacco promoting and restraining factors in smoking intentions among Ghanaian youth |
| title_sort | role of tobacco promoting and restraining factors in smoking intentions among ghanaian youth |
| topic | Youth Smoking Tobacco use Smoking Intentions Ghana |
| url | http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2458/12/662 |
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