Abstract
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to explore the levels of stress, self-efficacy for smoking cessation, smoking temptation, and nicotine dependency, and to identify factors influencing nicotine dependency among male college students who smoke. Methods: In this study, a cross-sectional survey design was adopted for 283 male college students who smoke in D city, Korea. Data was analyzed for descriptive statistics, Pearson`s correlation, and multiple regression using the SPSS 20.0 program. Results: The mean score of stress was , self-efficacy for smoking cessation was , smoking temptation was , and nicotine dependency was . There was a significant positive correlation between stress and nicotine dependency (r
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