Abstract
Abstract This study aimed to examine the difference of tobacco use, health behaviors and family factors according to the daily tobacco use among female adolescents in South Korea using cross-sectional national data. The study used raw data from the 11th Korean Youth Risk Behavior Web-Based Survey that was performed in 2015. Data of a total of 2,006 female students in high school were analyzed using SPSS/WIN 23. Of the girl 27.5% in high school reported current smoker. Approximately 19.2% of the participants were classified as a daily smoker group. In the multinomial logistic analysis, factors associated with daily smoking were mother's smoking habit, facilities of residence, subjective academic achievement and subjective economic status. In order to develop health promotion strategy and education programs, it is expected to consider factors found relevant in this study.Key Words : Smoking, Tobacco, Health behavior, Female, Adolescent Received 27 March 2016, Revised 28 April 2016Accepted 20 May 2016, Published 28 May 2016Corresponding Author: Youngjin Lee (Korea University)Email: youngj@korea.ac.krⒸThe Society of Digital Policy & Management. All rightsreserved. This is an open-access article distributed under theterms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-CommercialLicense (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0), whichpermits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, andreproduction in any medium, provided the original work isISSN: 1738-1916 properly cited.
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