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- Title
PREVALENCE AND OPINIONS RELATED TO TOBACCO CONSUPTION BY UNIVERSITY STUDENTS.
- Authors
García-García, Pedro; Vázquez-Galindo, Laura; Hayashida, Miyeko; dos Santos, Manoel Antônio
- Abstract
Tobacco use represents one of the major public health problems; the aim of the study was to determine the prevalence and opinions of tobacco consumption by university population; a descriptive cross-sectional design was used. The results showed a prevalence of use in the last year of 24.3 of participants, consumption once in a lifetime was 46.3%. Regarding dissenting opinions (cons) about tobacco use it is found that a high percentage of participants presents obstacles to the use of tobacco; items that reached the highest levels were in relation to opinions on health, such as tobacco causing cancer and directly affecting the lungs and heart.
- Subjects
TOBACCO use; COLLEGE students; WORLD Health Organization
- Publication
SMAD Revista Electronica Salud Mental, Alcohol y Drogas, 2014, Vol 10, Issue 3, p135
- ISSN
1806-6976
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.11606/issn.1806-6976.v10i3p135-142