대학생 흡연자의 금연 행위 관련 요인에 대한 연구

Factors Associated with Smoking Cessation Behavior of the University Student Smokers

This study was designed to analyze the factors associated with smoking cessation behavior of university student smokers, based on the Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB). Study subjects were 478 smokers of two universities in Seoul area. the survey was conducted three times for 3 weeks. The structured questionnaire assessed a socio-demographic and smoking-related characteristics, and TPB variables. Obtained results were as follows: First, in hierarchical multiple regression analysis, attitude toward smoking cessation behavior, subjective norm, and perceived control behavior were associated with the intention of smoking cessation. In turn, the intention of the smoking cessation influenced the smoking reduction. Second, in logistic regression analysis, only the tention of smoking cessation was associated with smoking cessation in both of the first and second survey. However, subjective norm was associated with smoking cessation only in the first survey. In conclusion, smoking cessation were associated with the intention of smoking cessation.