Prevalence and characteristics of smoking in an university unit
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smoking; university students; prevalenceAbstract
The smoking is a serious public health problem. This study aims to determine the prevalence of nicotine addiction and understand the profile and habits of the addicted students of Catholic University Centre Salesiano Auxilium of Lins/SP, and serve as auxiliary measure for the development of strategies aimed at prevention of smoking in this population. A total of 182 students responded to a smoking questionnaire, including questions directed at smokers, nonsmokers and former smokers. The prevalence of nicotine addiction was 11.0%. About 84.6% of the students were not smokers and 4.4% were classified as former smokers. In the study sample, 123 of the students were women (67.6%). The average age of the population was 22.8 ± 3.6 years. The percentage of smokers was higher in the Chemistry, Occupational Therapy, History, Psychology and Nursing (40.0%, 40.0%, 20.0%, 18.2% and 17.6%, respectively). The average age of start in the smoking was of 17.8 ± 7.4 years and average consumption was 8.3 ± 7.8 cigarettes per day. All of the consumers used industrialized cigarettes. This prevalence correlates to the other academic centers and demands politics of nicotine addiction control among the university centers.
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