Study on the Cognition, Compliance Willingness and Compliance Behavior to the Tobacco Hazard Control Act Among the Adolescents in Taiwan Area

• Main Authors: Ai-ping Ma, 馬藹屏
• Other Authors: Song-yuan Huang
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2000
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/63269688434374349276

博士 === 國立臺灣師範大學 === 衛生教育研究所 === 88 === The main purpose of this study was to explore the distribution, relativity, correlation, diversity and prediction on the cognition, compliance willingness and compliance behavior to the Tobacco Hazard Control Act among the adolescents in Taiwan Area. All the students at the junior high, senior high and vocational high schools in Taiwan enrolled in the 1999 academic year were included in the population. The PPS method was used to select the sample, and a questionnaire was developed as the instrument. Totally, there were 25 schools with 2838 students in the sample. The main findings of the study are as follows: 1.The ever smoking rate among the subjects was 46.6%. Of them, in accumulation, 25.5% smoked more than 100 cigarettes, 13.0% are regular smokers, 24.8% started smoking at their fifth or sixth grade, and 37.7% smoked their first cigarette at home. 2. Among the regular and occasional smokers, 30.7% smoked cigarettes shorter than one year, 48.3% smoked less than five cigarettes weekly and 86.1% favored foreign cigarettes. 3.The smoking rate among the subjects'''' fathers was 54.0%, mothers, 7.0%, teachers, 16.3%; 17.4% had at least one brother or sister smoked, 62.6% had one or more good friends smoked among the regular and occasional smokers. 4.The subjects'''' smoking experience had significant relativities with all twelve demographic variables and the smoking behaviors of five social reference groups. 5.The subjects'''' ever smoked or not had significant relativities with seven demographic variables, five schooling variables and the smoking behaviors of five social reference groups; the subjects'''' present smoking status had significant relativities with four demographic variables, four schooling variables and the smoking behaviors of five social reference groups. 6.In a word, the subjects were in insufficient cognition, good compliance willingness and little compliance behavior with regard to the Tobacco Hazard Control Act. 7.There was significant correlation between cognition, compliance willingness and compliance behavior with regard to the Tobacco Hazard Control Act. 8.There were significant differences on cognition, compliance willingness and compliance behavior with regard to the Tobacco Hazard Control Act based on the subjects'''' present different smoking behaviors. 9.There were significant differences on compliance willingness and compliance behavior to the Tobacco Hazard Control Act based on the subjects'''' smoking experience. 10.The demographic variables, schooling variables, smoking behaviors and the smoking behaviors of social reference groups can be used to predict the variate of the cognition to the Tobacco Hazard Control Act, the rate of prediction was 4.2% for all subjects and 6.6% for never smokers, respectively. 11.The cognition to the Tobacco Hazard Control Act, the demographic variables, schooling variables, smoking behaviors, the smoking behaviors of social reference groups can be used to predict the variate of the compliance willingness to the Tobacco Hazard Control Act, the rate of prediction was 26.8% for all subjects, 16.6% for never smokers, 30.1% for ever smokers and 8.0% for non-smokers, respectively. 12.The cognition and the compliance willingness to the Tobacco Hazard Control Act, the demographic variables, schooling variables, smoking behaviors, the smoking behaviors of social reference groups can be used to predict the variate of the compliance behavior to the Tobacco Hazard Control Act, the rate of prediction was 25.0% for all subjects, 14.6% for never smokers, 35.2% for ever smokers, 35.7% for regular smokers and 20.1% for non-smokers, respectively. Based on the findings of this study, eleven recommendations have been submitted with regard to the related people, groups and further research.