Visibility of smoking among school-teachers in Spain and associations with student smoking: a cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Limited research has examined the association between smoking among schoolteachers and student smoking. This paper seeks to assess whether smoking visibility on school grounds among schoolteachers is associated with student smoking. We examine both smoking behaviour and the number of cigarettes consumed.

Methods

We use a school-based cross-sectional survey carried out by the Spanish Government's Delegation for the National Plan on Drugs. A total of 27 503 students between 14 and 18 years of age completed an anonymous survey in 2013. Count data regressions were used to assess the association between observed teacher smoking and adolescent smoking behaviour.

Results

High levels of visibility of teacher smoking on school grounds increased the odds of being a sm

SUBMITTER: Escario JJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5781066 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature