title: Daily cigarette smoking among Colombian high school students: gender related psychosocial factors.
abstract: This study aimed to establish the prevalence of daily cigarette smoking (DCS) and its gender correlated factors in high-school attending adolescents from Bucaramanga, Colombia. A random cluster sample was surveyed (N = 2291). The previous month DCS prevalence was 11.6% (95% CI 9.7-13.5) in boys and 4.4% (95% CI 3.3-5.5) in girls. In girls, DCS was associated with previous month illegal substance use (OR 8.13, 95%CI 3.52-18.87), abusive alcohol consumption (OR 5.88, 95% CI 2.54-13.70), being the best friend of a smoker (OR 3.25, 95% CI 1.38-7.63), and poor or mediocre academic achievement (OR 2.46, 95% CI 1.25-4.85). In boys, DCS was related to previous month substance use (OR 6.23, 95% CI 3.62-10.71), being the best friend of a smoker (OR 5.87, 95% CI 2.93-11.76), poor or mediocre academic achievement (OR 2.09, 95% CI 1.34-3.24), and being older than non-smokers (OR 1.48, 95% CI 1.21-1.81). DCS presents associated factors very similar for girls and boys. Thus, more research is needed.
authors.affiliation: Universidad Autónoma de Bucaramanga, Colombia. jmartinez10@unab.edu.co
authors.forename: Jorge Arturo
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Martínez-Mantilla
authors.forename: Walter
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Amaya-Naranjo
authors.forename: Horacio Alfredo
authors.initials: HA
authors.lastname: Campillo
authors.forename: Luis Alfonso
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Díaz-Martínez
authors.forename: Adalberto
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Campo-Arias
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D003105:Colombia / Q000453:epidemiology; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008297:Male; D015995:Prevalence; D011584:Psychology; D012907:Smoking / Q000453:epidemiology*; D013334:Students / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*