Alternative Tobacco Use among College Students: Who is at Highest Risk?

College waterpipe tobacco smokers who feel more ambivalence, that is, conflicted about its use, may have a stronger desire to quit. Using baseline survey data of 315 college waterpipe smokers, we examined this relationship. While frequency of feeling ambivalence was low, greater ambivalence was related with desire to quit ( r = .46, p < .001). This relationship remained significant after accounting for several correlates of desire to quit (e.g. perceived risk and worries about harm and addiction). Findings suggest that ambivalence may be an important independent variable linked with desire to quit and should be explored further as a factor influencing waterpipe tobacco use.

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A Case-Based Clinician Training Program for Treating Tobacco Use in College Students

Public Health Reports ◽

10.1177/003335490612100511 ◽

2006 ◽

Vol 121 (5) ◽

pp. 557-562 ◽

Cited By ~ 6

Author(s):

Abigail C. Halperin ◽

L. Anne Thompson ◽

Jennifer C. Hymer ◽

Amber K. Peterson ◽

Beti Thompson

Keyword(s):

College Students ◽

Training Program ◽

Tobacco Use ◽

Clinician Training ◽

Case Based

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Smokeless Tobacco Use among American College Students

Journal of American College Health ◽

10.1080/07448481.1989.9938420 ◽

1989 ◽

Vol 38 (2) ◽

pp. 81-85 ◽

Cited By ~ 18

Author(s):

Elbert D. Glover ◽

Molly Laflin ◽

Diana Flannery ◽

Deborah L. Albritton

Keyword(s):

College Students ◽

Tobacco Use ◽

Smokeless Tobacco ◽

Smokeless Tobacco Use

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Depression, anxiety, and tobacco use: Overlapping impediments to sleep in a national sample of college students

Journal of American College Health ◽

10.1080/07448481.2016.1205073 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 64 (7) ◽

pp. 565-574 ◽

Cited By ~ 18

Author(s):

Matthew A. Boehm ◽

Quinmill M. Lei ◽

Robin M. Lloyd ◽

J. Roxanne Prichard

Keyword(s):

College Students ◽

Tobacco Use ◽

National Sample

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Psychological Distress And Smoking Behaviors of Chinese College Students: Mediating Effects of The Dimensions of Learning Burnout

10.21203/rs.3.rs-1194303/v1 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Xiong Li ◽

Yuhua Tan ◽

Shanqing Li ◽

Xiaoxin Wang

Keyword(s):

College Students ◽

Psychological Distress ◽

Tobacco Use ◽

Family Income ◽

Smoking Behavior ◽

Maslach Burnout Inventory ◽

Mediation Effects ◽

Dimensions Of Learning ◽

Smoking Behaviors ◽

Distress Scale

Abstract Objectives: Smokers or never smokers exposed to environmental tobacco use (ETS) are usually associated with various diseases and cancers. In order to better help college students prevent the tobacco use and thus preclude the incidences of avoidable diseases, this study explored the predictive power of different variables including demographic and psychological variables in relation to smoking behaviors. Methods: Maslach Burnout Inventory-Student Survey (MBI-SS) and Kessler Psychological Distress Scale (K10) were used in this study. Results: The multivariate logistic regression indicated that college students who were male (versus female, OR = 9.55), majoring in medicine and sports (versus nursing, ORmedicine = 2.19, ORsports=2.81), born in the non-singleton family (versus singleton family, OR= 0.63) with higher family income (versus lower family income, OR = 0.45), surrounded with smoking friends (versus without smoking friends, OR= 0.18), were more vulnerable to smoke. In addition, combined with the theory of planned behavior (TPB), the dimensions of learning burnout had full mediation effects between psychological distress and smoking behavior. Conclusions: Psychological distress can only indirectly affect smoking behavior via learning efficacy, cynicism and emotional exhaustion. Adjustment from different dimensions of learning burnout will help college students better prevent the tobacco use.

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Summer Employment and Tobacco Use among College Students

Ohio Journal of Public Health ◽

10.46709/3409.018 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 1 (1) ◽

pp. 29-32

Author(s):

Rachel Hardin ◽

Megan Roberts

Keyword(s):

College Students ◽

Tobacco Use ◽

College Campuses ◽

Summer Programs ◽

Social Environments ◽

Cross Sectional Survey ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Non Profit ◽

The Social ◽

Social Use

Background: Research has shown that tobacco use among college students is influenced by the social environment, especially among a subset of smokers known as social smokers. Although many college campuses now have tobacco-free policies that could restrict social use of tobacco products, these policies often do not extend to common places of summer employment for college students that have similar social environments. Currently, no recommended tobacco policy exists for such summer programs, and little research has been done to assess their need. Methods: The objective of this study was to examine trends in tobacco use among the college-aged summer employees of a non-profit organization. Participants included the college-aged summer employees of a seasonal non-profit organization based in the Appalachian region from May through August 2015. At the beginning and end of the summer employment period, an online cross-sectional survey was distributed to each eligible staff member to examine trends in tobacco use. Results: Among the 60 follow-up respondents, 22.8% (n=13) reported an overall increase in tobacco use over the summer, while 3.5% (n=2) reported a decrease in tobacco use and 73.7% (n=42) reported no change. Conclusions: These results indicate that college students are at risk of increasing their tobacco use during summer employment. There is a need for further research into the role of summer workplace influences on tobacco use among college students. Key words: tobacco, college students, social smoking, summer employment

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Consumo de alcohol, tabaquismo y características sociodemográficas en estudiantes universitarios

Universidad y Salud ◽

10.22267/rus.161801.14 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 18 (1) ◽

pp. 7

Author(s):

Sonia Carolina Mantilla-Toloza ◽

Carmen Edilia Villamizar ◽

Karl Peltzer

Keyword(s):

College Students ◽

Alcohol Consumption ◽

Tobacco Use ◽

Intervention Strategies ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Factors Associated ◽

Preliminary Information ◽

The University ◽

Demographic Features ◽

Estudiantes Universitarios

ResumenIntroducción: Los estudiantes universitarios son altamente vulnerables a la adopción de hábitos que representan riesgos para su salud, incluyendo el tabaquismo y consumo de alcohol que inciden en la ocurrencia de enfermedades crónicas; por esto se requiere de información preliminar que permita identificar los factores asociados a éstos hábitos para la planificación de estrategias de intervención desde el contexto universitario. Objetivo: Identificar asociaciones entre el consumo de alcohol, el tabaquismo y características demográficas en un grupo de universitarios. Materiales y métodos: Estudio descriptivo, transversal, con una muestra de 360 hombres y 456 mujeres (obtenida por muestreo aleatorio estratificado) a quienes se aplicó una encuesta para caracterizar el consumo de alcohol, tabaquismo y los factores sociodemográficos. La recolección de información se realizó bajo la supervisión y aprobación del Comité de Ética de la Universidad de Pamplona. El análisis de datos incluyó distribución de frecuencias en relación al tabaquismo, consumo de alcohol y otros factores y prueba V de Cramer para establecer asociación entre variables. Resultados: La prevalencia de tabaquismo es de 15% y de consumo frecuente de alcohol es de 26%. Se encontraron asociaciones entre sexo y consumo de alcohol (p<0,001) y tabaquismo (p<0,001); siendo los hombres mayores consumidores. También se encontró asociación entre facultad y consumo de alcohol (p=0,018) y tabaquismo (p<0,001). Conclusiones: El consumo de tabaco y alcohol fue bajo en relación con estudios previos. Las variables sexo y facultad están asociadas al consumo de tabaco y alcohol. Se requiere implementar programas de optimización para la prevención y disminución del tabaquismo y consumo de alcohol en universitarios. AbstractIntroduction: College students are highly vulnerable to the adoption of habits that pose risks to their health, including smoking and alcohol consumption which have an impact on the occurrence of chronic diseases. Therefore, preliminary information that allows to identify the factors associated with these habits is required for the planning of intervention strategies from the university context. Objective: To identify associations between alcohol consumption, smoking and demographic features in a group of college students. Materials and methods: A cross-sectional descriptive study was used with a sample of 360 men and 456 women (obtained by stratified random sampling). A survey was applied to them in order to establish alcohol consumption, tobacco use and demographic features. The data collection was carried out under the supervision and approval of the Ethics Committee of the University of Pamplona. The data analysis included frequency distribution in relation to smoking, alcohol consumption and other factors, and V Cramer test to establish association between variables. Results: The prevalence of tobacco is 15% and frequent alcohol consumption prevalence is 26%. Association between gender and alcohol consumption(p<0,001) and tobacco use (p<0,001) was found, where men are the most consumers. Besides, association between faculty and alcohol consumption (p=0,018) and tobacco use (p<0,001) was found. Conclusions: Tobacco and alcohol consumption was low in relation to prior studies. The variables of gender and faculty are associated to tobacco use and alcohol consumption. It is necessary to implement programs to prevent and decrease tobacco use and alcohol consumption in college students.

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