| Keywords |
Smoking attitude ; Smoke exposure environment ; College student |
| Abstract |
Purpose : Lifestyle and health behavior which have been formed in their twenties such as drinking, smoking and exercising were important to the extent that these could affect the entire health, operating and evaluating the smokingrelated program was essential for the development of wholesome health-related lifestyle before becoming worker. It was performed to contribute to the strategy development for the introduction of effective antismoking policy within the campus by considering smoke exposure environment exposed to the college student smoker and their smoking attitude. Methods : It was a descriptive correlation research to understand the relation between college students' smoking exposure environment and their own smoking attitude. A current smoker among two colleges located in K province was targeted for this research. Structured questionnaires were distributed by the health centers of each college, and the collected data was analyzed for the descriptive statistic through SPSS, t-test, and Pearson Correlation. Results : There were positive correlations between smoking attitude and interest in health(r=.190, p=.008), smoking losses and recommendation to stop smoking from surrounding people(r=.263, p=.003), and interest in health(r=.212, p=.003). Conclusion : It showed that the positive attitude to stop smoking and the active support from family and friends indicates the degree of personal interest in health, and suggests that inducing interest and participation of the object and surrounding people be considered for the proper non-smoking culture. |