Journal of the Korean Society of School Health (한국학교보건학회지)

The Korean Society of School Health (한국학교보건학회)
권호 표지

A study of major characteristics of buying cigarettes in adolescent smokers in Korea

흡연청소년의 담배구매 관련 주요 특성에 관한 연구

  • Shin, Sun-Mi (College Of Nursing, University of Illinois at Chicago) ;
  • Lee, Hee-Woo (Seoul School Health Promotion Center) ;
  • Kang, Se-Won (College Of Nursing, University of Illinois at Chicago)
  • 신선미 (일리노이주립대학교 간호대학) ;
  • 이희우 (서울특별시학교보건진흥원) ;
  • 강세원 (일리노이주립대학교 간호대학)
  • Published : 2008.12.01
Download PDF
⟨ Previous Next ⟩

Abstract

Purpose : To investigate major characteristics influencing on adolescent smoking in Korea. Method : The subjects were 431 students (298 male and 133 female) enrolled in the non smoking program at Seoul School Health Promotion Center from March 2006 to February 2007. The survey was done about motivation of smoking, the way of getting cigarettes and frequency, chi-square test, and t-test by SAS package 8.1 were used to analyze the data. Result : Total 431 subjects were composed of 49.2% middle school students, 50.8% high school students. The middle school students who smoke 1 to less than 10 cigarettes per day were 56.1% and 10 to less than 20 cigarettes per day 26.7%, while high school students were 46.8% and 44.1%. 73.1% of male, and 76.9% of female students selected the cigarettes depending on taste and fragrance. The places of buying cigarettes were supermarkets 67%, convenience stores 19.4%, small stores 11.8%. A high percentage of students answered they did not have to show ID when they bought cigarettes(“rarely checked the ID” 25.2% of male and 30.8% of female, ”did not checked at all” was 10.9% male and 9.6% female). The ratio of spending money on buying cigarettes was 38.8% and 35.6% in male and female middle school, and 37.9% and 27.2% in male and female high school. Conclusion : Findings of this study suggests the constituting of strong social regulations to protect youth from smoking.

Keywords

References

  1. 김성이(2004). 21세기 청소년 교육, 보건복지정책 : 과제와 전망 제 36장. 국립암센터
  2. 김소야자(2004). 청소년의 성장발달과 간호. 서울 : 수문사
  3. 법제처(2008). 청소년 보호법(Online). Available: http://www.moleg.go.kr(2008, October 29)
  4. 한국금연운동협의회(2008). 우리나라 성인 흡연실태 일람표(Online). Available: http://www.kash.or.kr/user_new/pds_view.asp(2008, November, 27)
  5. 한주의, 김명, 오대규, 오희철, (1998). 성인 남자의 흡연과 BMI와의 관계. 한국역학회지, 20(1), 39-50
  6. 홍지영, 이무식, 나백주, 김건엽(2006). 범이론적 모형에 근거한 고등학생의 흡연시작 관련요인. 예방의학회지, 39(1), 67-72
  7. Altman, D.G., Wheelis, A.Y., McFarlane, M., Lee, H., & Fortmann, S.P. (1999). The relationship between tobacco access and use among adolescents: A four community study. Soc Sci Med, 48(6), 75-775
  8. Castrucci, B.C., Gerlach, K.K., Kaufman, NJ, & Orleans, C.T. (2002). Adolescents acquisition of cigarettes through noncommercial sources. J Adolesc Health, 31(4), 322-326 https://doi.org/10.1016/S1054-139X(02)00393-2
  9. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention(2005). Tobacco use, access, and exposure to tobacco in media among middle and high school students-United States. 2004 Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Reports, 54, 297-301
  10. Country Profiles Tobacco or Health(2000). Tobacco-Free Initiative Western Pacific Region. Available: http://www.wpro.who.int/NR/rdonlyres/75 1257EA-1037-4E62-98F7-EBEEE 278ADAF/0/ countryprofiles2000.pdf(2008, October, 15)
  11. Croghan, E., Aveyard, P., Griffin, C., & Cheng, K.K.(2003). The importance of social sources of cigarettes to school students. Tob Control, 12(1), 67-73 https://doi.org/10.1136/tc.12.1.67
  12. Darling, H., Reeder, A., McGee, R., & Williams, S.(2005), Access to tobacco products by New Zealand youth. N Z Med J, 15, 118
  13. Flay, B.R., Petraitis, J., Hu, F.B.(1999). Psychosocial risk and protective factors for adolescent tobacco use. Nicotine Tob Res., I(Suppl), S59-S65
  14. Forster, J., Chen, W., Blaine, T., & Toomey, T.(2003). Social exchange of cigarettes by youth. Tob Control, 12(2), 148-154 https://doi.org/10.1136/tc.12.2.148
  15. Ilomaki, R., Riala, K., Hakko, H., Lappalainen, J., Ollinen, T., Räsänen, P., Timonen, M.,(2008) Temporal association of onset of daily smoking with adolescent substance use and psychiatric morbidity. Eur Psychiatry, 23(2), 85-91 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eurpsy.2007.10.009
  16. Jason, L.A., Berk, M., Schnopp-Wyatt, D.L., & Talbot, B.(1999). Effects of enforcement of youth access laws on smoking prevalence. Am J Community Psychol, 27(2), 143-160 https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1022831617055
  17. Jason, L.A., Ji, P.Y., Anes, M.D., & Birkhead, S.H.(1991). Active enforcement of cigarette control laws in the prevention of cigarette sales to minors. JAMA, 266(22), 3159-3161 https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.266.22.3159
  18. Jones, S.E., Sharp, D.J., Husten, C.G., & Crossett, L.S.(2002). Cigarette acquisition and proof of age among U.S. high school students who smoke. Tob Cotrol, 11(1), 20-25 https://doi.org/10.1136/tc.11.1.20
  19. Landrine, H., & Klonoff, E.A.(2003). Validity of assessments of youth access to tobacco: The familiarity effect. Am J Public Health, 93(11), 1883-1886 https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.93.11.1883
  20. Landrine, H., Klonoff, E.A., Lang, D., & Alcaraz, R.(2001). Use of identification cards by underage youth to purchase tobacco. JAMA. 285(18), 2329 https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.285.18.2329
  21. Leatherdale, S.T.(2005). Predictors of different cigarette access behaviors among occasional and regular smoking youth. Can J Public Health, 96(5), 348-352
  22. Leatherdale, S.T., & Manske, S.(2005). The relationship between student smoking in the school environment and smoking onset in elementary school students. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev, 14(7), 1762-1765 https://doi.org/10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-05-0065
  23. Leatherdale, S.T., McDonald, P.W., Cameron, R., & Brown, K.S.(2005). A multilevel analysis examining the relationship between social influences for smoking and smoking onset. Am J Health Behav, 29(6), 520-530 https://doi.org/10.5993/AJHB.29.6.7
  24. Leatherdale, S.T., & Strath, J,M.(2007). Tobacco retailer density surrounding schools and cigarette access behaviors among underage smoking students. Ann Behav Med, 33(1), 105-11 https://doi.org/10.1207/s15324796abm3301_12
  25. Naum, G.P., Yarian, D.O., & McKenna, J.P.(1995). Cigarette availability to minors. J Am Osteopath Assoc, 95(11), 663-665
  26. Riala, K., Alaräisänen, A., Taanila, A., Hakko, H., Timonen, M., Räsänen, P.(2007) Regular daily smoking among 14-year-old adolescents increases the subsequent risk for suicide: the Northern Finland 1966 Birth Cohort Study. J Clin Psychiatry, 68(5), 775-80 https://doi.org/10.4088/JCP.v68n0518
  27. Rigotti, N.A., DiFranza, J.R., Chang, Y., Tisdale, T., Kemp, B., & Singer, D.E.(1997). The effect of enforcing tobacco-sales laws on adolescents' access to tobacco and smoking behavior. N Engl J Med, 337(15), 1044-1051 https://doi.org/10.1056/NEJM199710093371505
  28. Rimpela, A.H., & Rainio, S.U.(2004). The effectiveness of tobacco sales ban to minors: The case of Finland. Tob Control, 13(2), 167-174 https://doi.org/10.1136/tc.2003.003087
  29. Vork, K.L., Broadwin, R.L., Blaisdell, R.J.(2007), Developing asthma in childhood from exposure to secondhand tobacco smoke: insights from a meta-regression. Environ Health Perspect, 115(10), 1394-1400
  30. Wiencke, J.K., Kelsey, K.T.(2002). Teen smoking, field cancerization, and a 'critical period' hypothesis for lung cancer susceptibility. Environ Health Perspect, 110(6), 555-558 https://doi.org/10.1289/ehp.02110555
  31. WHO(1997). Tobacco or Health: a Global Status Report