Table 1 The view of adolescent female smokers about socio-cultural and environmental factors influencing their tendency to smoke
Maine category | Sub-category | Free codes |
|---|---|---|
Socio-cultural and environmental factors | Role modeling of friends | Role modeling of friends/peer groups The importance of the role of friends Having female smoker friends Imitating of friends Interact with smokers |
Membership in groups | Become famous in cyberspace Prove yourself to others Gaining social popularity Admission in groups Attract the attention of others The importance of a group of smoking friends Being under the influence of friends Stimulate and encourage friends | |
Parenting patterns | Family problems Parental divorce Stressful family environment Father’s indifference to family Pattern of inappropriate role of mother Parents’ indifference to hookah use Lack of proper communication between parents and children Inappropriate of parents’ upbringing style Parents’ neglect of their child’s smoking | |
Family modeling | Modeling of smoking parents Exposure to smoking in the family Consumption of cigarettes smoking and alcohol consumption by the fathers Hookah consumption by parents | |
The predisposing community | The not prohibition of smoking in the community Reducing the age of smoking High demand for cigarettes The unfavorable economic situation of the society The unfavorable environment of society Lack of proper recreational facilities for discharge of excitement The higher the cost of other entertainment than smoking Cigarettes available everywhere Low price of cigarettes Normalization of women’s smoking in society Sell cigarettes to any age group | |
The negative impact of the media | Encouraging the media to smoke Media representation of cigarettes instead of presenting facts The negative role of social media Normalization of smoking by celebrities Advertise smoking in movies to attract more audience and sale more cigarettes |