Study on influential factors of smoking behavior among college students in Shenyang

Objective To study the status and the influential factors of cigarette use among college students and to provide basis for models of smoking prevention and contr oll for college students.Methods With stratified cluster sampling method,1 117 college students were chosen.there were 1 104 eligible questionnaires which collected from students with the average age of(21.0±1.4)and analyzed with SPSS 1115.Results the attempting smoking rate was 47.7%(male 62.4%,female 27.2%).the past month smoking rate was 19.7%(male 9.4%,female 6.1).the smoking rate of at least one cigarette every day for 30 days was 7.4%(male 11.7%,female 1.3%).Age of first smoking was(17.7±4.3)years,(17.5±4.2)years in male,(19.1±5.4)years in female.the influencing factors of smoking were surr ounding smo kers,grief,addict to tobacco etc.Conclusion Smoking behavior among college students are very serious.the general strategies should be taken on circumstances,psychology and behavior.