Behavioral aspects of cigarette smoking among industrial college men of Shanghai, China

A questionnaire survey was conducted among 7,665 students and staff in the factory-operated industrial colleges in Shanghai, China. Response rate was 95.7 per cent. The proportion of smokers among the men was 50.5 per cent; only 0.33 per cent of the women reported they were smokers. Male smokers beg...

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Published in:American journal of public health (1971) 1988-12, Vol.78 (12), p.1550-1553
Main Authors: Li, V C, Hu, J H, Zhou, M L, Zheng, J B
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Attitude to Health
Biological and medical sciences
China
Cigarettes
Drug addictions
Educational Status
Female
Health Education
Humans
Male
Medical research
Medical sciences
Men
Psychiatric epidemiology
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychopathology. Psychiatry
Public health
Smoking
Smoking - psychology
Smoking Prevention
Social Behavior
Social psychiatry. Ethnopsychiatry
Toxicology
Tropical medicine
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Summary:A questionnaire survey was conducted among 7,665 students and staff in the factory-operated industrial colleges in Shanghai, China. Response rate was 95.7 per cent. The proportion of smokers among the men was 50.5 per cent; only 0.33 per cent of the women reported they were smokers. Male smokers began smoking upon entering the work force, where social interaction encourages cigarette smoking. Seventy per cent of the male smokers smoked fewer than 10 cigarettes per day. Only 4.3 per cent perceived themselves as very addicted; 3.4 per cent reported they had no confidence in their ability to control the amount they smoke. The Chinese smokers are more likely to succeed in giving up cigarette smoking for at least one day, as well as for longer periods, compared to US smokers. The number of cigarettes smoked may be related to the individual's purchasing power. For China, strategic timeliness in legislative action and education is urgently needed to combat the high prevalence of cigarette smoking in males, at extremely high risk.
ISSN:0090-0036
1541-0048
DOI:10.2105/AJPH.78.12.1550