Analysis on risk factors of smoking behavior among rural middle school students

  Objective   To explore the status and risk factors of smoking among rural middle school students.

  Methods   By stratified cluster sampling, 4 384 middle school students from rural area of Hefei city were chosen and surveyed with questionnaire.

  Results   Total rate of smoking was 29.0%.There were significant difference between different gender and grade.Logistic regression showed that knowing the hazard of cigarette toward adolescents, regarding smoking as a bad habit, never smoking could prevent the students from smoking, while male, higher grade, regarding male's smoking as graceful behavior and could help to sociality, taking smoking as entertainment, friend smoking, father smoking, teacher smoking on classes being the risk factors.

  Conclusion   Comprehensive smoking intervention program should be carried out in family, school and whole society.