scholarly journals Health or money, that's the dilemma: Opinions on increasing the taxation of tobacco products in a sample of university students from humanistic and scientific faculties

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (Supplement) ◽  
Author(s):  
Francesco Mondera ◽  
Martina Antinozzi ◽  
Maria Donato ◽  
Caterina Ferrari ◽  
Maria-Sofia Cattaruzza
Keyword(s):  
University Students ◽  
Tobacco Products

scholarly journals Opinions of university students regarding pictorial warnings on cigarettes packsÜniversite öğrencilerinin sigara paketleri üzerindeki resimli uyarılar hakkındaki görüşleri

2017 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 987
Author(s):  
Funda Özpulat ◽  
Nazmi Bilir
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
University Students ◽  
Training Programs ◽  
Descriptive Study ◽  
Female Students ◽  
Male Students ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Tobacco Products ◽  
Pictorial Warnings ◽  
Raising Awareness

This descriptive study was conducted on totally 460 students from the departments of nutrition and dietetic (n=143) and nursing (n=317) of a health college located in Akşehir County of Konya City in the period of December 1st-31st, 2015. Within the scope of the study, age, gender, department and grade characteristics of students, their individual and family member’s status in terms of consuming tobacco products, and their opinions regarding pictorial warnings to be printed on cigarettes packs, regulated by the European Union published on 17.12.2014.As a result of the study, it was determined that students’ opinions regarding efficiency of written and pictorial warnings on cigarettes packs were differing with respect to students’ gender and sigarettes usage status; and that illustrations on cigarettes packs were found more effective by female students and non-cigarettes user.Especially activities such as training programs, seminars/congress/conferences for male students and cigarettes users about tobacco products and their harms could contribute in raising awareness of university youth. Additionally, placing impressive or even scary images in larger sizes emphasizing serious health problems on cigarettespacks could be effective on significant decrease of usage of tobacco products. ÖzetKonya İli Akşehir İlçesinde yer alan bir sağlık yüksekokulunun beslenme diyetetik (n=143) ve hemşirelik bölümünden (n=317) toplam 460 öğrencinin katılımıyla gerçekleştirilen tanımlayıcı tipteki bu çalışma 1-31 Aralık 2015 tarihleri arasında uygulanmıştır. Çalışma kapsamında, öğrencilerin yaşı, cinsiyeti, bölümü, sınıfı, kendisinin ve aile bireylerinin tütün ürünlerini kullanma durumu gibi bazı özellikleri ile sigara paketleri üzerine basılmak üzere Avrupa Birliği tarafından 17.12.2014 tarihinde yayınlanan resimli uyarılar hakkındaki düşünceleri öğrenilmiştir.Yapılan çalışma sonucunda, sigara paketleri üzerindeki yazılı ve görsel uyarıları etkili bulma durumunun öğrencilerin cinsiyetine ve sigara kullanma durumuna göre değiştiği, kız öğrencilerin ve sigara kullanmayanların sigara paketleri üzerindeki ifadeleri daha etkili buldukları saptanmıştır.Özellikle erkek öğrencilere ve sigara kullananlara tütün ürünleri ve zararlarına yönelik düzenlenecek eğitim programları, seminer/kongre/konferans türü etkinlikler üniversite gençliğinin farkındalık düzeyinin arttırılmasına ve bilinçlendirilmelerine katkıda bulunacaktır. Ayrıca, sigara paketleri üzerine daha geniş alanı kapsayan, daha ciddi sağlık sorunlarına işaret eden çarpıcı hatta ürkütücü resimlerin basılması tütün ürünlerinin kullanılmasının önemli ölçüde azaltılmasında etkili olabilir.

scholarly journals Self-reported history and saliva analyses of recreational drug use among students in a public university in Mombasa, Kenya

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Valentine Budambula ◽  
Joan Jelagat ◽  
Nancy L.M. Budambula ◽  
Moses M Ngari
Keyword(s):  
Drug Use ◽  
University Students ◽  
Sexual Partners ◽  
Health Concern ◽  
Recreational Drug ◽  
Sexually Active ◽  
Tobacco Products ◽  
Multiple Sexual Partners ◽  
Test Kit ◽  
Recreational Drug Use

Abstract Background: Recreational drug use among students in tertiary institutions remains a public health concern. Despite documentation of drug use in Kenyan universities, most of the studies are based on self reported history which is prone to social desirability bias. It is in this context that we sought to establish actual drug use among university students. Methods: We investigated self reported and confirmed drug use. Using proportionate to size and snowball sampling methods 380 respondents were enrolled. Social demographic characteristics and self reported drug use history were documented using a participant assisted questionnaire. Actual drug use was determined qualitatively using 6 panel plus alcohol SalivaConfirm™ Saliva Test kit. Results: Most (75%) of the participants were sexually active. Based on self reported history, 221 (58%) students reported a life time ever use of drugs while based on saliva testing (193) 51%) tested positive for at least one drug. Alcohol, tobacco products (cotinine), marijuana and amphetamine or khat were the most preferred drugs. The usage was either solely, concurrently or simultaneously. In the multivariate regression model, compared to students with no sexual partner having multiple sexual partners was associated with risk of testing positive for any drug: adjusted risk ratio (aRR) of 2.06 (95% CI 1.26, 3.37). Compared to residence within the university hostel and its environs, residing in town was associated with risk of testing positive for any drug: aRR 1.67 (95%CI 1.16, 2.42). Having one and multiple sexual partners were associated with risk of self-reported drug use: aRR of 1.55 (95% CI 1.05, 2.28) and 2.05 (95% CI 1.28, 3.27) respectively. While compared to residence in university hostel and its environs, residing in town was associated with risk of self-reported drug use: aRR 1.48 (95%CI 1.05, 2.08). Conclusion : Irrespective of the method used to record data alcohol, tobacco products (cotinine), marijuana and amphetamine or khat were the most preferred drugs. The usage was solely, concurrently or simultaneously. Future interventions should focus on continuing students, students’ residence and those who are sexually active. Key words : Self reported drug use; saliva analysis; poly-drug use; and university students

scholarly journals Use of tobacco products among a Turkish Foundation University students, Izmir 2018

2018 ◽  
Vol 16 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Gönül Horasan ◽  
Dilek Soysal ◽  
Şenay Yıldız ◽  
İlgi Şemin
Keyword(s):  
University Students ◽  
Tobacco Products

scholarly journals Use of Heated Tobacco Products (HTP) among university students: Misconceptions and motivations to start smoking

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (Supplement) ◽  
Author(s):  
Maria Donato ◽  
Martina Antinozzi ◽  
Caterina Ferrari ◽  
Francesco Mondera ◽  
Maria-Sofia Cattaruzza
Keyword(s):  
University Students ◽  
Tobacco Products

scholarly journals Sex and Polytobacco Use among Spanish and Turkish University Students

2019 ◽  
Vol 16 (24) ◽  
pp. 5038 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sílvia Font-Mayolas ◽  
Mark J. M. Sullman ◽  
Maria-Eugenia Gras
Keyword(s):  
Young Adults ◽  
University Students ◽  
Tobacco Use ◽  
Electronic Cigarettes ◽  
Common Reason ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Cigarette Use ◽  
Tobacco Products ◽  
Concurrent Use ◽  
Turkish University Students

Polytobacco use has become increasingly popular among young adults, particularly males, and can be defined as the concurrent use of regular cigarettes and other tobacco products (e.g., e-cigarettes). The present study investigated the use of legal smoking products (cigarettes, waterpipe and electronic cigarettes) among young adults (n = 355) in Spain and Turkey. The survey measured demographics, lifetime and past month tobacco use, waterpipe and e-cigarette use, whether waterpipes and e-cigarettes contained nicotine and reasons for using these substances. The majority of the Turkish (men = 80% and women = 63.9%) and Spanish sample (men = 61.4% and women = 69.3%) were polytobacco users. The most common reason for using e-cigarettes was “to experiment, to see what is like” (Turkish sample: men 66.7% and women 57.1; Spanish sample: men 72.7% and women 93.8%). The most common reason to use regular cigarettes was “to relax and relieve tension” (Turkish sample: men 88.9% and women 77.6%; Spanish sample: men 78.1% and women 76%), while for waterpipe users, the most common reason was “to experiment, to see what it is like” (Turkish sample: men 93.3% and women 80%; Spanish sample: men 78.9% and women 93.8%). The implications for prevention and future research are discussed.

Viewing music videos: Emotion and viewer interpretation

2002 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 69-79 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joan M. Preston ◽  
Michael Eden
Keyword(s):  
University Students ◽  
Emotional Content ◽  
Music Videos ◽  
Music Video ◽  
Mediating Factors ◽  
Comparative Media

Abstract. Music video (MV) content is frequently measured using researcher descriptions. This study examines subjective or viewers’ notions of sex and violence. 168 university students watched 9 mainstream MVs. Incidence counts of sex and violence involve more mediating factors than ratings. High incidents are associated with older viewers, higher scores for Expressivity, lower scores for Instrumentality, and with video orders beginning with high sex and violence. Ratings of sex and violence are associated with older viewers and lower scores for Instrumentality. For sex MVs, inexperienced viewers reported higher incidents and ratings. Because MVs tend to be sexier but less violent than TV and film, viewers may also use comparative media standards to evaluate emotional content MVs.

Emotion Appraisals Predict Neuroticism and Extraversion

2015 ◽  
Vol 36 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-10
Author(s):  
Andrew Comensoli ◽  
Carolyn MacCann
Keyword(s):  
University Students ◽  
The State ◽  
The Relationship

The current study proposes and refines the Appraisals in Personality (AIP) model in a multilevel investigation of whether appraisal dimensions of emotion predict differences in state neuroticism and extraversion. University students (N = 151) completed a five-factor measure of trait personality, and retrospectively reported seven situations from the previous week, giving state personality and appraisal ratings for each situation. Results indicated that: (a) trait neuroticism and extraversion predicted average levels of state neuroticism and extraversion respectively, and (b) five of the examined appraisal dimensions predicted one, or both of the state neuroticism and extraversion personality domains. However, trait personality did not moderate the relationship between appraisals and state personality. It is concluded that appraisal dimensions of emotion may provide a useful taxonomy for quantifying and comparing situations, and predicting state personality.

Assessing Personality With Multi-Descriptor Items

2019 ◽  
Vol 35 (1) ◽  
pp. 117-125
Author(s):  
Johannes Schult ◽  
Rebecca Schneider ◽  
Jörn R. Sparfeldt
Keyword(s):  
University Students ◽  
Construct Validity ◽  
Big Five ◽  
Reliability And Validity ◽  
Personality Inventory ◽  
The Other ◽  
Short Version ◽  
Big Five Inventory ◽  
Personality Inventories

Abstract. The need for efficient personality inventories has led to the wide use of short instruments. The corresponding items often contain multiple, potentially conflicting descriptors within one item. In Study 1 ( N = 198 university students), the reliability and validity of the TIPI (Ten-Item Personality Inventory) was compared with the reliability and validity of a modified TIPI based on items that rephrased each two-descriptor item into two single-descriptor items. In Study 2 ( N = 268 university students), we administered the BFI-10 (Big Five Inventory short version) and a similarly modified version of the BFI-10 without two-descriptor items. In both studies, reliability and construct validity values occasionally improved for separated multi-descriptor items. The inventories with multi-descriptor items showed shortcomings in some factors of the TIPI and the BFI-10. However, the other scales worked comparably well in the original and modified inventories. The limitations of short personality inventories with multi-descriptor items are discussed.

Acceptance of Cosmetic Surgery Among British Female University Students

2012 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 55-62 ◽  
Author(s):  
Viren Swami ◽  
Angela Nogueira Campana ◽  
Rebecca Coles
Keyword(s):  
University Students ◽  
Ethnic Differences ◽  
Cosmetic Surgery ◽  
South Asians ◽  
Ethnically Diverse ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Demographic Variables ◽  
Lower Body ◽  
Body Appreciation ◽  
African Caribbean

Although patients of cosmetic surgery are increasingly ethnically diverse, previous studies have not examined ethnic differences in attitudinal dispositions toward cosmetic surgery. In the present study, 751 British female university students from three ethnic groups (Caucasians, South Asians, and African Caribbeans) completed measures of acceptance of cosmetic surgery, body appreciation, self-esteem, and demographic variables. Initial between-group analyses showed that Caucasians had lower body appreciation and self-esteem than Asian and African Caribbean participants. Importantly, Caucasians had higher acceptance of cosmetic surgery than their ethnic minority counterparts, even after controlling for body appreciation, self-esteem, age, and body mass index. Further analyses showed that ethnicity accounted for a small proportion of the variance in acceptance of cosmetic surgery, with body appreciation and self-esteem emerging as stronger predictors. Possible reasons for ethnic differences in acceptance of cosmetic surgery are discussed in Conclusion.

Challenging the Multidimensional Conception of Perceived Person-Environment Fit

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-9
Author(s):  
Julian M. Etzel ◽  
Gabriel Nagy
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
University Students ◽  
Educational Outcomes ◽  
Factor Model ◽  
Higher Order ◽  
Substantial Proportion ◽  
Unique Variance ◽  
First Order ◽  
Person Environment Fit ◽  
Order Factor

Abstract. In the current study, we examined the viability of a multidimensional conception of perceived person-environment (P-E) fit in higher education. We introduce an optimized 12-item measure that distinguishes between four content dimensions of perceived P-E fit: interest-contents (I-C) fit, needs-supplies (N-S) fit, demands-abilities (D-A) fit, and values-culture (V-C) fit. The central aim of our study was to examine whether the relationships between different P-E fit dimensions and educational outcomes can be accounted for by a higher-order factor that captures the shared features of the four fit dimensions. Relying on a large sample of university students in Germany, we found that students distinguish between the proposed fit dimensions. The respective first-order factors shared a substantial proportion of variance and conformed to a higher-order factor model. Using a newly developed factor extension procedure, we found that the relationships between the first-order factors and most outcomes were not fully accounted for by the higher-order factor. Rather, with the exception of V-C fit, all specific P-E fit factors that represent the first-order factors’ unique variance showed reliable and theoretically plausible relationships with different outcomes. These findings support the viability of a multidimensional conceptualization of P-E fit and the validity of our adapted instrument.

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