The Smoking Experience of Pupils up to and Including Senior High School Age : a Survey of Non-medical University Students in Heilongjiang Prefecture，China．

The present study was conducted to investigate the smoking experiences of pupils in China. Non-medical university students answered a self-administered questionnaire on their own smoking experience from elementary school-onwards. The results revealed that 46 (33.8%) of 136 students up to 3rd grade of junior high school had the experience of smoking. Most students were offered smoking by friends (73.7%). However, 10.5% were offered by siblings and 5.3% by parents. 16.2% of the students were current smokers and 86% thought that smoking was harmful for health. Among 22 current smokers, 14 students (63.6%) continued smoking even through they thought that smoking was harmful for their health. As the smoking habit is difficult to break, an anti-smoking educational program should be promoted from elementary school.departmental bulletin pape