Abstract
Smoking is the biggest threat to public health, and it remains a serious cause of death in the world; therefore, it is essential to develop our knowledge concerning the attitudes among adolescents toward cigarette smoking. This study was conducted to examine the associations among hardiness, problem-solving skills appraisal and attitude towards cigarette smoking in adolescents. The participants comprised of 550 high school students from Tehran, completed the self-report questionnaires. The structural equation modelling (SEM) estimated that adolescents with a high ability for hardiness, effective problem-solving confidence, internal personal control and approaching coping styles were more likely to report negative attitude towards cigarette smoking. The findings promote the value of problem-solving skills and hardiness as protective factors against smoking.
Highlights
Cigarette smoking has become one of the biggest threats to public health the world has ever faced (Moxham, Dwyer, & Reid-Searl, 2012), and cigarette smoking, obesity and diabetes are responsible for 59% of the preventable death in the world (Haenle et al, 2006; Jung & Chung, 2013)
Smoking is the biggest threat to public health, and it remains a serious cause of death in the world; it is essential to develop our knowledge concerning the attitudes among adolescents toward cigarette smoking
The descriptive results indicated that 12% of students reported a positive attitude towards smoking, 20% of the students reported a neutral attitude towards smoking, and 68% of the students reported a negative attitude towards smoking
Summary
Cigarette smoking has become one of the biggest threats to public health the world has ever faced (Moxham, Dwyer, & Reid-Searl, 2012), and cigarette smoking, obesity and diabetes are responsible for 59% of the preventable death in the world (Haenle et al, 2006; Jung & Chung, 2013). Several studies have revealed that the age for the onset of cigarette smoking is decreasing in the world (Babanov, 2006; Damianaki et al, 2008; Ramlau, Didkowska, Wojciechowska, & Tarkowski, 2005). In Iran, more than 12 million people are cigarette smokers; the age for the onset of cigarette smoking is under 18 years and the prevalence for cigarette smoking is higher among the boys (Riahi, Aliverdinia, & Soleymani, 2009). The study about attitude towards cigarette smoking is essential for prevention of smoking among male adolescents who are the main consumer of cigarette (Mendel, Berg, Windle, & Windle, 2012). In this study attitude towards cigarette smoking was assessed in male adolescents, because attitude towards cigarette smoking reflect evaluative associations to cigarette smoking and are helpful in predicting cigarette smoking behaviors
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