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The European Journal of Public Health 1992 2(1):10-15; doi:10.1093/eurpub/2.1.10
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Exposure to Environmental Tobacco Smoke: Perceptions of German Realschule Students

M. E. Kurtz, Ph.D.

Department of Family Medicine, B211 West Fee Hall, Michigan State University East Lansing, Michigan 48824 USA

Realschule (secondary level) students from two schools in Munich, Germany were surveyed as to their knowledge, attitudes and preventive efforts regarding exposure to environmental tobacco smoke and the associated health risks. Differences in knowledge, attitudes and preventive efforts were examined in relation to gender, smoking behavior of the individual, father, mother, siblings and friends. Knowledge, attitudes and preventive efforts all varied significantly according to smoking behavior of the respondent. Attitudes and preventive efforts were also closely associated with the smoking behavior of the mother and the female peer group, whereas this strong association was not evident in relation to smoking behavior of the father and the male peer group. Similarly, smoking behavior of daughters was significantly associated with smoking behavior of mothers, but there was no corresponding association between smoking behavior of sons and fathers. The students tended to not be very assertive in their preventive efforts. They did not avoid the presence of smokers, nor did they generally ask others not to smoke in their presence. Health education programs for adolescents must involve parents (particularly mothers) and peers, and should stress the right of the individual to a nonsmoking environment.

Keywords: environmental tobacco smoke, knowledge, attitudes, preventive efforts


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