Consumo de Cigarrillo en Estudiantes de una Ciudad de Colombia: Factores Asociados por Género

Campo‐Arias, Adalberto; Ceballos, Guillermo Augusto; Herazo, Edwin

doi:10.1590/s0124-00642009000400011

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“…[1,7] There is consensus that a gender differential exists, with women more vulnerable to harm from tobacco and alcohol use. [9][10][11] Women are more susceptible to tobacco's carcinogenic effects on the lungs and metabolize nicotine differently. With respect to alcohol, women are more susceptible to its damaging effects because the enzymatic processes for oxidizing alcohol in the female liver are slower than in the male's.…”

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Tobacco and alcohol use in Cuban women

Varona¹,

Chang²,

García³

et al. 2011

MEDICC rev.

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INTRODUCTION Tobacco and alcohol are currently the most widely consumed legal psychoactive substances in the world. They represent a heavy burden for health and society in almost all populations. Increasing consumption of both substances is a trend observed in women.OBJECTIVE Describe the profi le of women aged ≥15 years residing in urban areas of Cuba with respect to tobacco and alcohol consumption. METHOD Basic information on tobacco and alcohol consumption byCubans aged ≥15 years in urban areas was obtained from the Second National Survey on Risk Factors and Chronic Diseases (2001), a national descriptive cross-sectional study, the objective of which was to determine the frequency and epidemiological characteristics of the urban population's main chronic disease risk factors. Sampling design was complex stratifi ed multi-stage cluster. Of a sample of 23,743 individuals, 22,851 were surveyed, representative of 6.8 million Cubans. A questionnaire and structured interview were used. Variables were tobacco and alcohol use, as well as sociodemographic factors: sex, age, educational level, skin color, marital status, type of full-time employment and perceived economic situation. Prevalence, with 95% confi dence intervals, and male:female prevalence ratios were estimated. RESULTSWomen who smoked were predominantly aged 40-59 years; had completed less than university education; of black skin color; divorced; laborers, service workers or managers, and with a perceived economic situation as very poor. Women who consumed alcohol were predominantly aged 15-59 years, had at least middle school education, of mestizo or black skin color, of marital status other than widowed; there was no typical profi le for occupation or perceived economic situation. Women who were both smokers and alcohol consumers were predominantly 20-59 years, of black or mestizo skin color, of marital status other than widowed; with no typical profi le for educational level, occupation or perceived economic situation. CONCLUSIONSThe fi rst nationwide socioeconomic profi le of Cuban women using tobacco, alcohol or both constitutes a baseline for comparison to results of a new national study now under way, permitting evaluation of trends over time and effectiveness of prevention and control efforts.

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