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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Shin, Hyoin
• Park, Sangil
• Yon, Hyunju
• Ban, Chae Yeon
• Turner, Stephen
• Cho, Seong Ho
• Shin, Youn Ho
• Shin, Jung U.
• Koyanagi, Ai
• Jacob, Louis
• Smith, Lee
• Min, Chanyang
• Lee, Young Joo
• Kim, So Young
• Lee, Jinseok
• Kwon, Rosie
• Koo, Min Ji
• Fond, Guillaume
• Boyer, Laurent
• Hahn, Jong Woo
• Kim, Namwoo
• Rhee, Sang Youl
• Shin, Jae Il
• Woo, Ho Geol
• Park, Hyeowon
• Kim, Hyeon Jin
• Lee, Yoonsung
• Kim, Man S.
• Lefkir, Eléa
• Hadalin, Vlasta
• Choi, Jungwoo
• Lee, Seung Won
• Yon, Dong Keon
• Kim, Sunyoung

Titel

Estimated prevalence and trends in smoking among adolescents in South Korea, 2005–2021: a nationwide serial study

Ist Teil von

• World journal of pediatrics : WJP, 2023-04, Vol.19 (4), p.366-377

Ort / Verlag

Singapore: Springer Nature Singapore

Erscheinungsjahr

2023

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MEDLINE

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Background Although smoking is classified as a risk factor for severe COVID-19 outcomes, there is a scarcity of studies on prevalence of smoking during the COVID-19 pandemic. Thus, this study aims to analyze the trends of prevalence of smoking in adolescents over the COVID-19 pandemic period. Methods The present study used data from middle to high school adolescents between 2005 and 2021 who participated in the Korea Youth Risk Behavior Web-based Survey (KYRBS). We evaluated the smoking prevalence (ever or daily) by year groups and estimated the slope in smoking prevalence before and during the pandemic. Results A total of 1,137,823 adolescents participated in the study [mean age, 15.04 years [95% confidence interval (CI) 15.03–15.06]; and male, 52.4% (95% CI 51.7–53.1)]. The prevalence of ever smokers was 27.7% (95% CI 27.3–28.1) between 2005 and 2008 but decreased to 9.8% (95% CI 9.3–10.3) in 2021. A consistent trend was found in daily smokers, as the estimates decreased from 5.4% (95% CI 5.2–5.6) between 2005 and 2008 to 2.3% (95% CI 2.1–2.5) in 2021. However, the downward slope in the overall prevalence of ever smokers and daily smokers became less pronounced in the COVID-19 pandemic period than in the pre-pandemic period. In the subgroup with substance use, the decreasing slope in daily smokers was significantly more pronounced during the pandemic than during the pre-pandemic period. Conclusions The proportion of ever smokers and daily smokers showed a less pronounced decreasing trend during the pandemic. The findings of our study provide an overall understanding of the pandemic’s impact on smoking prevalence in adolescents. 9oS-Az-UDVX5kgJnXQbB7W Supplementary file2 (MP4 64897 KB)