Smoking-related attitudes, characteristics, and opinions in a group of young men with asthma

Smoking-related attitudes, characteristics, and opinions in a group of young men with asthma

The objective of this study was to examine the attitudes, characteristics, and opinions about smoking of a group of young asthmatic men. An anonymous, personal questionnaire was administered to 611 young male volunteers who had been diagnosed with asthma (according to the National Heart, Lung, and B...

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Published in:Military medicine Vol. 166; no. 11; pp. 959 - 965
Main Authors: DE GRANDA-ORIVE, José Ignacio, ESCOBAR, Jesus A, GUTIERREZ, Teodoro, ALBIACH, José Manuel M, SAEZ, Rafael, RODERO, Andrés, GALLEGO, Vicente, PENA, Teresa, HERRERA, Agustin
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Bethesda, MD Association of Military Surgeons 01-11-2001
Subjects:
Addictive behaviors
Adult
Adult and adolescent clinical studies
Age of Onset
Asthma - psychology
Biological and medical sciences
Chi-Square Distribution
Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
Humans
Male
Medical sciences
Miscellaneous
Prevention and actions
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychopathology. Psychiatry
Public health. Hygiene
Public health. Hygiene-occupational medicine
Smoking - psychology
Surveys and Questionnaires
Tobacco smoking
Human
Prevention
Evaluation
Respiratory disease
Attitude
Young adult
Tobacco smoking
Obstructive pulmonary disease
Opinion inquiry
Public health
Asthma
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Summary:The objective of this study was to examine the attitudes, characteristics, and opinions about smoking of a group of young asthmatic men. An anonymous, personal questionnaire was administered to 611 young male volunteers who had been diagnosed with asthma (according to the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute/World Health Organization Global Initiative for Asthma, 1995) in the respiratory disease and allergy clinics of the Burgos Military Hospital (Spain). This questionnaire contained items related to personal information, asthma characteristics, opinions about smoking, and information related to smoking habits. Six hundred patients with asthma completed the questionnaire. All were men, mean age 20.16 +/- 3.03 years; 189 (31.5%) were smokers and 16 (2.5%) were ex-smokers. Mean age at onset of regular smoking was 16.46 +/- 2 years. Sixty-five percent (65.07%) smoked fewer than 10 cigarettes per day. Most of the smoking asthmatics had mild asthma (58.9%). Eighty-eight percent (88.3%) had moderate dependence. Many of the smoking asthmatics were contemplating stopping smoking (54%), and 59% had tried before to stop. Concern about health was the main reason given for stopping smoking. Asthmatics who smoked had a higher percentage of smokers among family members, friends, and colleagues than nonsmoking asthmatics. Attitudes toward smoking were more permissive among smoking asthmatics. Only 36.64% of the total had received information about tobacco previously. In the sample group, 7% claimed that they did not smoke but their carbon monoxide concentration in exhaled air was 10 ppm or higher. There were no differences in the onset of the smoking habit between asthmatic and nonasthmatic young people. A large percentage of the smoking asthmatics were considering smoking cessation, motivated mainly by their asthma condition. The group as a whole had little previous information about tobacco.
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ISSN:0026-4075
1930-613X
DOI:10.1093/milmed/166.11.959