Table 2 Factor loadings of the questionnaire of factors affecting the tendency of female adolescents to cigarette smoking (CTQFA) in the CFA stage

F1: Tendency to experience smoking

Q1: Curiosity is very effective for the tendency to smoke.

1

0.93

Q2: Smoking of cigarettes and tobacco like a hookah by a family member (father, mother, brother, etc.) encourages smoking.

0.6

1

Q3: Experiencing unpleasant events in life (parental differences, parental divorce, suicide, sexual abuse, etc.) can lead to a tendency to smoke.

0.8

0.86

Q4: Smoking friends are encouraged to smoke.

0.8

1

Q5: Approval from friends for the experience of smoking can be important.

0.8

0.93

Q6: The favorable opinion of smokers (friends, colleagues and relatives) about the benefits of smoking causes adolescents tendency to smoke.

0.8

0.93

Q7: Parents’ strictness or inattention to various issues is important in the adolescents’ tendency to smoke.

1

0.90

Q8: Having religious beliefs can prevent the tendency to smoke.

0.8

0.83

Q9: School education programs in the field of smoking (skills of saying no, controlling anger, etc.) reduce the tendency to smoke.

0.6

0.96

Q10: Communication networks such as Telegram, Instagram, etc. are effective in encouraging adolescents to smoke.

1

1

Q11: Parents’ advice and counseling is a barrier to smoking.

1

1

Q12: Smoking of celebrities (artists, athletes, etc.) or people who are important to adolescents (such as friends, relatives, etc.) is an incentive to experience smoking.

0.8

0.96

Q13: Gender dissatisfaction, like dissatisfaction with being a girl, is important in the tendency to smoke.

0.8

1

Q14: Attractive appearance and beautiful packaging of cigarettes are important in the tendency to smoke.

0.6

1

F2: Re-experience smoking

Q15: Compared with other tobaccos, cigarettes are easy to use and easy to obtain, leading to continuous smoking.

0.6

0.96

Q16: Proving yourself to friends to gain social popularity is an effective factor in continuing to smoke

0.8

0.93

Q17: The normalization of smoking by women in society is a stimulus for continued smoking.

0.6

0.86

Q18: Lack of proper facilities to discharge of emotions, has led to continued smoking.

0.6

0.80

Q19: The media and social networks have an impact on continued smoking.

1

0.96

Q20: Smoking by famous artists is an effective factor for adolescents to continued smoking.

0.6

1

Q21: Not banning smoking in most places in the community (parks, coffee shops, etc.) has an effect on the continuation of smoking.

0.6

1

Q22: The improper relationship between the parents and child/children has causes adolescents who have experienced cigarette smoking before, continue to smoke.

0.6

1

F3: Cigarette dependence

Q23: Addiction to smoking makes it difficult to quit.

0.8

1

Q24: Due to dependence on cigarettes, the presence of a smoker in the group of non-smokers is tolerated.

1

0.90

Q25: Dependence on smoking, reduces its physical and psychological risks.

0.8

0.93

Q26: People who are addicted to cigarettes will smoke in any mood (happy or sad).

0.6

0.93

Q27: People addicted to smoking, if they do not smoke one day, will suffer from nervous tension

1

0.96

Q28: Cigarette addicts cannot do their daily activities well if they do not smoke for a day.

1

1

Q29: Dependence on smoking, reduce social personality.

0.6

0.90

Q30: Cigarette addiction restricts social activities (such as going out with family, attending in family gatherings, etc.)

0.8

0.90

Q31: Addiction to smoking makes people always have cigarettes in their bags.

0.8

1

F4: Intention to quit smoking

Q32: With the increase in the price of cigarettes, adolescent smokers only change their type of cigarette and it has no effect on reducing their smoking.

0.6

0.78

Q33: Maintaining a social personality is an obstacle to smoking anywhere.

1

0.86

Q34: Having a purpose in life (such as educational and career goals, etc.) is a barrier to smoking.

0.8

0.93

Q35: Choosing non-smoking friends reduces smoking in smokers

0.8

1

Q36: Reducing the relationship with the smokers’ friends can reduces smoking.

0.6

1

Q37: Anxiety and anger management skills are effective in reducing smoking.

0.6

0.93

Q38: Choosing alternative behaviors (such as exercising, reading, watching movies, listening to music, etc.) can reduces smoking when upset and angry.

0.6

0.96

Q39: Buying a cigarette instead of a pack of cigarettes can effectively reduce smoking.

0.6

1

Q40: The skill of saying no to the suggestion of friends to smoke, reduces smoking.

0.8

0.96

F5: Smoking cessation

Q41: Having a non-smoking friend/friends encourages adolescents to quit smoking.

1

0.96

Q42: The motivation to get better work and social opportunities in the future encourages smoking cessation.

0.6

0.80

Q43: Comparing a smoker with a non-smoker can encourage a person to quit smoking.

0.6

0.80

Q44: Encouraging important people in life’s person is effective in quit smoking.

0.6

0.93

Q45: Negative reactions from others encourage smoking cessation.

0.8

0.90

Q46: Watching videos and educational content about the dangers of smoking in the media (such as TV and social networks) can encourage adolescents to quit smoking.

0.8

1

Q47: Appropriate alternatives to smoking (such as participating in sports, artistic activities, etc.) can effectively quit smoking.

0.8

1

Q48: Training courses on the dangers of cigarette smoking in schools can encourage adolescents to quit smoking.

0.8

1

Q49: Adolescents’ belief in their ability to control smoking can reduce or eliminate smoking.

0.6

0.78

Q50: Observing the consequences of smoking in the people around can encourage that person to quit smoking.

1

0.93

Q51: Rising cigarette prices will have a major impact on smoking cessation

0.8

1

Q52: Feeling fear of tendency toward the use of other drugs or tobacco is effective in quitting smoking.

1

0.93