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Changes in smoking habits among 11-17 years old adolescents

1 Semmelweis University, Faculty of Medicine, Institute of Public Health 2 Eötvös Lóránd University, Faculty of Education and Psychology, Department of Personality and Health Psychology. Pénzes Melinda 1 melindapenzes @ gmail.com Mónok Kata 2 Balázs Péter 1.

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Changes in smoking habits among 11-17 years old adolescents

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  1. 1Semmelweis University, Faculty of Medicine, Institute of Public Health 2Eötvös Lóránd University, Faculty of Education and Psychology, Department of Personality and Health Psychology Pénzes Melinda1 melindapenzes@gmail.com Mónok Kata2 Balázs Péter1 Changesinsmokinghabitsamong 11-17 years old adolescents

  2. Background and Objectives Estimated smoking prevalence among adolescents in Hungary • 23.2% - 13-15 years (GYTS 2008) • 39% - 15-24 years: (Eurobarometer 2009) • 17.9% and 17.6% - Grade 5th, 7th, 9th, 11th boys and girls (HBSC 2006) • 33% - 15-16 years (ESPAD 2007) SMOKING Changes in one-year period Sociodemographics age grade settlement type of school school achievement Body perception Weight concerns Belief that smoking can control weight Parental smoking Smoker friends Anti-smoking school program

  3. Methods • Self-administered questionnaires – overlapping questions for Survey I and Survey II • Budapest and Debrecen, Győr, Miskolc, Pécs, Szeged • SPSS 17.0 • Cross-sectional and longitudinal analyses, binary logistic regression 2009/2010 winter 2010/2011 winter 2011/ 2012 winter actual position Grade6th& 9th Grade7th& 10th Grade8th& 11th Longitudinal study of body weight control and tobacco smoking among adolescents This publication was made possible by Grant Number 1 R01 TW007927-01 from the Fogarty International Center, the National Cancer Institute, and the National Institutes on Drug Abuse, within the National Institutes of Health (NIH).  Its contents are solely the responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official view of the NIH.

  4. Samplecharacteristics

  5. Changes in smoking prevalence I. Experimenters: tried smoking even one puff . Current smokers: were smoking during the past 30 days.

  6. Changes in smoking prevalence II. Survey I – Categories of smokers by gender and school class % %

  7. Changes in smoking prevalence % p<0,05

  8. Predictors of smoking experimentation *p<0.001; **p<0.05

  9. Interrelations between weight concerns and current smoking *p<0.05; **p<0.001

  10. Conclusion • Experimenters and current smokers prevalence  • girls • grade 9th  10th • Experimentation: 13 years old • Follow up sample • 11.4% became current smoker • 3.4 % quitted smoking • Main predictors of smoking experimentation • type of school, poorer school achievement, one parent smoking, more smoker friends • Current smokers • higher subjective BMI • no desire to lose weight • belief that smoking can decrease weight and appetite

  11. Thank you for your attention!

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