Conventional Cigarette and E-Cigarette Smoking among School Personnel in Shanghai, China: Prevalence and Determinants
Smoking cigarettes and e-cigarettes is widely popular among Chinese students. Considering that school personnel are considered role models in the student community, we investigated the prevalence and determinants of such behavior among high school personnel in China so as to provide references for f...
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doaj-c791de9834194cfba6867f69e1c0418c2020-11-25T02:03:36ZengMDPI AGInternational Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health1660-46012019-09-011617319710.3390/ijerph16173197ijerph16173197Conventional Cigarette and E-Cigarette Smoking among School Personnel in Shanghai, China: Prevalence and DeterminantsJingfen Zhu0Fanghui Shi1Gang Xu2Na Li3Jiahui Li4Yaping He5Jinming Yu6School of Public Health, Fudan University, 130 Dongan Road, Shanghai 200032, ChinaSchool of Public Health, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 227 South Chongqing Road, Shanghai 200025, ChinaSchool of Public Health, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 227 South Chongqing Road, Shanghai 200025, ChinaSchool of Public Health, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 227 South Chongqing Road, Shanghai 200025, ChinaSchool of Public Health, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 227 South Chongqing Road, Shanghai 200025, ChinaSchool of Public Health, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 227 South Chongqing Road, Shanghai 200025, ChinaSchool of Public Health, Fudan University, 130 Dongan Road, Shanghai 200032, ChinaSmoking cigarettes and e-cigarettes is widely popular among Chinese students. Considering that school personnel are considered role models in the student community, we investigated the prevalence and determinants of such behavior among high school personnel in China so as to provide references for future related intervention measures. We used a stratified cluster sampling design on a total number of 3311 school employees recruited from 33 representative schools. Complex sampling analysis and logistic regressions were used for univariate and multivariate analyses. Among 3194 participants that met the study criteria, 7.4% were cigarette users, and 3.6% e-cigarette consumers. For conventional cigarette smokers, certain characteristics, such as being older and male, attaining less education, and having been exposed to secondhand smoke, were associated with heavier smoking. Nevertheless, e-cigarette users were predominantly male and of younger age. Those who understood the hazards of conventional cigarette smoking had less inclination to smoke but were at a higher risk of e-cigarette use. Our analysis suggests that it is necessary to target different populations for monitoring and controlling conventional cigarette smoking and e-cigarette use respectively among school personnel. In addition, China is in need of more relevant and strict anti-smoking regulations.https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/16/17/3197conventional cigaretteelectronic cigaretteschool personnelprevalencedeterminants |
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Jingfen Zhu Fanghui Shi Gang Xu Na Li Jiahui Li Yaping He Jinming Yu Conventional Cigarette and E-Cigarette Smoking among School Personnel in Shanghai, China: Prevalence and Determinants International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health conventional cigarette electronic cigarette school personnel prevalence determinants |
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Conventional Cigarette and E-Cigarette Smoking among School Personnel in Shanghai, China: Prevalence and Determinants |
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Conventional Cigarette and E-Cigarette Smoking among School Personnel in Shanghai, China: Prevalence and Determinants |
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Conventional Cigarette and E-Cigarette Smoking among School Personnel in Shanghai, China: Prevalence and Determinants |
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Conventional Cigarette and E-Cigarette Smoking among School Personnel in Shanghai, China: Prevalence and Determinants |
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Conventional Cigarette and E-Cigarette Smoking among School Personnel in Shanghai, China: Prevalence and Determinants |
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conventional cigarette and e-cigarette smoking among school personnel in shanghai, china: prevalence and determinants |
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Smoking cigarettes and e-cigarettes is widely popular among Chinese students. Considering that school personnel are considered role models in the student community, we investigated the prevalence and determinants of such behavior among high school personnel in China so as to provide references for future related intervention measures. We used a stratified cluster sampling design on a total number of 3311 school employees recruited from 33 representative schools. Complex sampling analysis and logistic regressions were used for univariate and multivariate analyses. Among 3194 participants that met the study criteria, 7.4% were cigarette users, and 3.6% e-cigarette consumers. For conventional cigarette smokers, certain characteristics, such as being older and male, attaining less education, and having been exposed to secondhand smoke, were associated with heavier smoking. Nevertheless, e-cigarette users were predominantly male and of younger age. Those who understood the hazards of conventional cigarette smoking had less inclination to smoke but were at a higher risk of e-cigarette use. Our analysis suggests that it is necessary to target different populations for monitoring and controlling conventional cigarette smoking and e-cigarette use respectively among school personnel. In addition, China is in need of more relevant and strict anti-smoking regulations. |
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