Year: 2012
Type: article
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: - The purpose of the study was to collect attitudinal and behavioral data from a sample of college students from a Southern state university regarding tobacco usage. A non-probability sample of 508 college students was collected by handing out surveys in classes and in campus buildings. The questionnaire was designed by the students and the authors and included half of Pechmann and Shih’s (1999) smoking perceptions scale items. Users made up 36.6 % of the sample. The average length of time reported using tobacco products was five years. Three out of Pechmann and Shih’s four factors were reproduced in this study for users; however, factor analysis failed to load properly for non-users. Limitations included the sample being drawn using a non-probability method and based on students at one university. Using only half of Pechmann and Shih’s scale items is also a limitation. Users appear to not be affected by anti-smoking campaign apply Pechmann and Shih’s scale items to measuring the perceptions of tobacco users and non-users in a college setting s whereas
Authors: Jeff W. Totten, Betty J Cayton
Language: English
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2994586937