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Smoking amongst UK Bangladeshi adolescents aged 14-15

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posted on 2001-04-01, 00:00 authored by W Markham, K Featherstone, Ann TaketAnn Taket, E Trenchard-Mabere, M Ross
This paper reports on an investigation into smoking amongst 14- to 15- year-old Bangladeshis living in an UK inner city locality. A survey using self-completion questionnaires was undertaken in conjunction with focus group discussions. The survey of 316 Bangladeshi adolescents was conducted to determine smoking prevalence. Regular smoking was more common amongst Bangladeshi males (39%) than amongst Bangladeshi females (11%). Thirty-one people (17 females and 14 males) took part in seven focus groups (four female and three male) which were conducted in schools (six) and youth clubs (one). Focus group discussions were conducted to examine what smoking means to Bangladeshi teenagers and factors which influence why they do or do not smoke. Differences between what smoking means to Bangladeshi females and males are identified which arise from perceived social norms and cultural values, and greatly influence smoking uptake. However, many of the reasons why Bangladeshi adolescents continue to smoke, stop smoking or never smoke appear similar to those identified in other studies with largely white adolescents. Factors underpinning adolescent choices together with the implications of the study findings for the development of smoking prevention initiatives for inner city Bangladeshi teenagers are discussed.

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Journal

Health Education Research: theory and practice

Volume

16

Issue

2

Pagination

143 - 156

Publisher

Oxford University Press

Location

Oxford, England

ISSN

0268-1153

eISSN

1465-3648

Language

eng

Publication classification

C1.1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal

Copyright notice

2001, Oxford University Press

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