Abstract:

Objective To establish a smoking addiction health education model for teenagers based on interactive, dynamic, and visual computer technologies and to let teenagers understand the mechanism of smoking addiction and further realize the smoking hazards. Methods According to the physiological mechanisms of smoking addiction, system dynamics was adopted to establish a dynamic education model. The correctness, efficiency, and education significance of the model was verified by the model test and preliminary simulation. Results The model structure correctly demonstrated the mechanism of smoking addiction and the model ran normally in extreme conditions. Computer model simulations proved that the awareness of smoking control ability of teenagers was significantly different before and after the experiment. Conclusion This model can help teenagers to realize that they can not maintain smoking at a low level for a long period of time. So smokers can not avoid smoking addiction only by self-control. This model can play a role of warning and education for teenagers.

Key words: system dynamics, smoking addiction modeling, health education