Daily cigarette smoking among colombian high school students: gender related psychosocial factors

Martínez-Mantilla, Jorge Arturo; Amaya-Naranjo, Walter; Campillo, Horacio Alfredo; Díaz‐Martínez, Luis Alfonso; Campo‐Arias, Adalberto

doi:10.1590/s0104-11692008000500017

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“…The mean start age of tobacco consumption was approximately 18 years, similar to other studies that demonstrate that tobacco consumption starts during adolescence (18)(19)(20) . Despite health promotion and prevention campaigns that raise awareness on the harmful effects of cigarettes, it is known that, until today, tobacco is an instrument of curiosity and self-assertion among young people.…”

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Prevalence of smoking among employees of a university hospital

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Rev. Latino-Am. Enfermagem

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This cross-sectional study aimed to identify the prevalence of smoking among employees of a university hospital in Southern Brazil. Data collection happened in 2008, during the periodic health exam, using a questionnaire, according to the smoking status of the employees. The sample consisted of 1,475 subjects, in which 979 (66.4%) were non-smokers, 295 (20%) former smokers and 201 (13.6%) smokers. Smoking was more prevalent among employees with lower education levels and among professionals in administrative positions. Among smokers, low dependence was identified, as well as desire and high degree of motivation to stop smoking, with health concerns as the main reason. Thus, taking into account the motivation of smokers to stop smoking, this is an appropriate time for health education and specific support to employees in the process of smoking cessation. Prevalencia del tabaquismo en funcionarios de un hospital universitarioEstudio transversal con objetivo de identificar a prevalencia del tabaquismo en funcionarios de un hospital universitario del sur de Brasil. La recolección de datos ocurrió en el año de 2008, durante el examen periódico de salud de los funcionarios, por medio de cuestionario de acuerdo con la condición de fumador de los mismos. La muestra se constituyó de 1.475 sujetos, de estos 979 (66,4%) no fumaban, 295 (20%) ex-fumantes y 201 (13,6%) fumantes. El predominio de fumantes está entre funcionarios con menor nivel de instrucción y entre los que ejercían actividades en cargos administrativos. Se identificó entre los fumantes, dependencia leve, deseo y grado de motivación elevado para cesar el tabaquismo, siendo el principal motivo la preocupación con la salud. Así, considerándose la motivación de los funcionarios para parar de fumar, se recomienda aprovechar este momento para realizar un trabajo de educación en salud y de apoyo profesional específico para que el proceso de cesación del tabaquismo ocurra.Descriptores: Prevalencia; Salud Laboral; Cese del Uso de Tabaco. IntroductionSmoking is the main avoidable cause of death around the world. Data appoint prevalence levels of one third of smokers in the global adult population, i.e. about 1 billion and 200 million smokers (1) . (8) . These measures have contributed to a decline in tobacco use (9) .Information campaigns, in turn, are still insufficient to promote a political, cultural and social change related to smoking behavior. Besides, interventions to interrupt tobacco use are not integrated into health service routines due to different factors, such as lack of available time to add more specific care actions and some health professionals' perception that nicotine addiction treatments are hardly effective (4,10) .In view of the fact that smoking entails health problems and that hospitals are spaces for preventing and treating this problem, the goal is to identify the prevalence of smoking among workers of a university hospital in Southern Brazil, with a view to creating spaces for in-depth discussions on health promotion and developing...

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Prevalence of smoking among employees of a university hospital

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“…This study, however, examined only students of public schools, junior high, high school and EJA in the State of Goiás’ countryside and using face-to-face interviews. Therefore, more research is necessary to evaluate the differences in behavior related to the initiation and consumption patterns of tobacco in students, especially considering regional differences 12 .…”

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Determinants of tobacco use by students

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OBJECTIVE Estimate the prevalence and determinants of tobacco use by students.METHODS This cross-sectional study, carried out between 2013 and 2014, evaluates 701 public school students between 10 and 79 years of age living in a city in the countryside of the State of Goias, Midwest of Brazil. A structured questionnaire collected the data and the predictor variables were demographic data, family nucleus, religion, physical activity practice, family functionality and parental smoking. Two multivariable models were implemented, the first for occasional tobacco use and the second for regular use, acquiring the measure of prevalence ratio (PR) and their respective 95%CI. Variables with p < 0.10 were included in Poisson regression models with robust variance to obtain the adjusted PR (adPR) and 95%CI. The Wald Chi-Squared test examined the differences between proportions, and values with p < 0.05 were statistically significant.RESULTS The prevalence of occasional and regular tobacco use were 33.4% (95%CI 29.8–36.9) and 6.7% (95%CI 5.0–8.8), respectively. The factors associated with occasional tobacco consumption were age of 15 to 17 years (adPR = 1.98) and above 18 years (adPR = 3.87), male gender (adPR = 1.23), moderate family dysfunction (adPR = 1.30), high family dysfunction (adPR = 1.97) and parental smoking (adPR = 1.60). In regards to regular consumption of tobacco, age above 18 years (adPR = 4.63), lack of religion (adPR = 2.08), high family dysfunction (adPR = 2.35) and parental smoking (adPR = 2.89) remained associated.CONCLUSIONS Students exhibit a high prevalence of occasional and regular tobacco use. This consumption relates to sociodemographic variables and family dysfunction.

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“…No obstante, la magnitud de la asociación es débil. Un gran número de estudios muestra que los varones fuman con mayor frecuencia que las mujeres (7,(11)(12)(13)(14)(15)(16). Otras investigaciones presentan similares prevalencias en mujeres y en varones (6,8,9,17) y en algunos países o sociedades la prevalencia en mujeres supera la prevalencia hallada en varones (18,19).…”

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“…Los estudios informan que el consumo de cigarrillo por lo menos un día durante el último mes (consumo ocasional) se encuentra entre 5 y 40 % (5-8). En tanto que la prevalencia de consumo de cigarrillo todos los días durante el último mes (consumo diario) es significativamente menor, aproximadamente entre 5 y 25 %, según la población estudiada (9)(10)(11)(12).…”

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