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Student Understanding And Use Of Tobacco In Box Elder Senior And Junior High Schools, Douglas M. Stoker
Student Understanding And Use Of Tobacco In Box Elder Senior And Junior High Schools, Douglas M. Stoker
All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023
Student. understanding and use of tobacco was studied under the following specific areas: specific knowledge as it relates to smoking and health; student opinions and attitudes toward smoking; smoking experience; and the influence of certain factors on smoking status.
About 1155 students were sampled with the use of a questionnaire. It was found that there was no significant difference in the scores of boys and girls. The senior high students were better informed than the ninth grade or junior high students.
The majority (81 percent) of all students surveyed were of the opinion that the pleasure derived from smoking was …