Association between different types of smoking and first sexual behavior in adolescents: Survey data from South Korea.

IF 2.2 4区医学 Q2 PUBLIC, ENVIRONMENTAL & OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH

Tobacco Induced Diseases Pub Date : 2025-02-14 eCollection Date: 2025-01-01 DOI:10.18332/tid/200197

Yunyun Wu, Wenbin Du

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Abstract

Introduction: Adolescent deviant behaviors can severely hinder their healthy development. This study explores the relationship between tobacco consumption and sexual behavior in Korean adolescents.

Methods: This is a secondary dataset analysis of the pooled KYRBS cross-sectional studies from 2018 to 2022. Sexual behavior generally refers to physical contact or interactions related to sex. In this study, sexual behavior primarily refers to intercourse. A logit model was applied to examine the relationship between different types of tobacco use and the initiation of sexual behavior. Furthermore, data from the KYRBS 2018-2021 were used to analyze the time-related patterns in the connection between tobacco use and the first occurrence of sexual behavior among adolescents, with a focus on the moderating role of gender.

Results: Tobacco use among adolescents was positively associated with the occurrence of sexual behavior. After adjusting for other variables, adolescents who use ordinary cigarettes (AOR=7.85; 95% CI: 7.49-8.23), nicotine e-cigarettes (AOR=8.21; 95% CI: 7.80-8.64), or combustible e-cigarettes (AOR=9.86; 95% CI: 9.26-10.49) were more likely to engage in sexual behavior than non-users. Further research indicates that the earlier an individual reported beginning smoking tobacco, the earlier their first sexual encounter occurs, the correlation coefficient is 0.526 (p<0.01). Additionally, in the moderation analysis, the male group weakened the trend in the time to first tobacco use and first sexual behavior.

Conclusions: The use of different types of tobacco among Korean adolescents is strongly associated with sexual behavior. Adolescents are starting to engage in sexual activity at a younger age, especially males. Thus, providing reproductive health education to adolescent smokers could enhance their sexual decision-making. Furthermore, implementing tobacco cessation and sexual education for adolescents necessitates the development of gender-specific strategies to meet the distinct needs of males and females.

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不同类型的吸烟与青少年第一次性行为之间的关系：来自韩国的调查数据。

青少年的越轨行为会严重阻碍其健康发展。本研究探讨韩国青少年烟草消费与性行为的关系。方法：对2018年至2022年合并的KYRBS横断面研究进行二次数据集分析。性行为一般是指与性有关的身体接触或互动。在这项研究中，性行为主要指性交。一个logit模型被用来检验不同类型的烟草使用和性行为开始之间的关系。此外，利用2018-2021年KYRBS的数据分析了烟草使用与青少年首次性行为之间的时间相关模式，重点研究了性别的调节作用。结果：青少年吸烟与性行为的发生呈正相关。在调整了其他变量后，使用普通香烟的青少年(AOR=7.85；95% CI: 7.49-8.23)，尼古丁电子烟(AOR=8.21；95% CI: 7.80-8.64)或可燃电子烟(AOR=9.86；95% CI: 9.26-10.49)比非吸毒者更容易发生性行为。进一步的研究表明，个体报告开始吸烟的时间越早，其第一次性行为发生的时间越早，相关系数为0.526 (p)结论：韩国青少年不同类型烟草的使用与性行为密切相关。青少年在更年轻的时候就开始进行性行为，尤其是男性。因此，向青少年吸烟者提供生殖健康教育可以提高他们的性决策能力。此外，为青少年实施戒烟和性教育，必须制定针对性别的战略，以满足男性和女性的不同需要。

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Tobacco Induced Diseases SUBSTANCE ABUSE-PUBLIC, ENVIRONMENTAL & OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH

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5.30

自引率

5.40%

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审稿时长

12 weeks

期刊介绍： Tobacco Induced Diseases encompasses all aspects of research related to the prevention and control of tobacco use at a global level. Preventing diseases attributable to tobacco is only one aspect of the journal, whose overall scope is to provide a forum for the publication of research articles that can contribute to reducing the burden of tobacco induced diseases globally. To address this epidemic we believe that there must be an avenue for the publication of research/policy activities on tobacco control initiatives that may be very important at a regional and national level. This approach provides a very important "hands on" service to the tobacco control community at a global scale - as common problems have common solutions. Hence, we see ourselves as "connectors" within this global community. The journal hence encourages the submission of articles from all medical, biological and psychosocial disciplines, ranging from medical and dental clinicians, through health professionals to basic biomedical and clinical scientists.