Objectives: In order to investigate the risk factors in smoking habits and heavy smoking-addicted
behaviors of adults in Taiwan, this study used Panel Study of Family Dynamic (PSFD) series data obtained from Research Centre for Humanities and Social Sciences, Academia Sinca. In the current stage of the development of a country, adults aged from 28 to 40 play an important role. Besides, smoking has deep impact on health condition of next generations and affects their smoking behaviors as well. Hence, the goals of this study are to provide people in Taiwan correct concepts regarding smoking and to offer reference for future researches.
Methods: To understand the influences of different social backgrounds toward smoking behaviors, PSDF data series in year 2003 and 2004 were combined and study subjects were targeted in the group of people between age 28 and 40. Two dependent variables are analyzed; one factor was whether or not the
subjects are smoking and the other was whether or not the subjects are heavily smoking-addicted. All variables were conducted for description statistics, and Chi-square test was used to examine the associations between the dependent and the independent variables. Finally, Logistic Regression was applied to explore the risk factors contributed to the smoking behaviors.
Results: The study results found that the risk factors related to the smoking behavior among the adults are males, lower education, unstable life style, disability of body and mind leads to the inconvenience of working or action, the best friends who have the smoking behaviors, and having bad relationships with their mother. Secondly, the factors related to the heavily smoking addition are people aged 35 to 40, males, lower education, don?t tend to believe that smoke more than a pack a day would cause serious illness, unstable life style, and frequently inhale second hand smoke.
Lastly, this investigation was done in order to provide strategic suggestions to associated organizations in preventing smoking.
