Smoking behavior and secondhand smoke exposure among university students in northern Portugal: Relations with knowledge on tobacco use and attitudes toward smoking

Alves, Regina Ferreira; Precioso, José; Becoña, Elisardo

doi:10.1016/j.pulmoe.2020.03.004

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“…Seemingly, male students with smoking friends have little information about SHS risks, and so they are more likely to express neutral attitudes towards smoking 40,41 . The influence of friends increases also the likelihood of future smoking, and having a non-smoking friend reduces that risk [42][43][44] . Cognitive vulnerabilities towards smoking uptake and SHS-related risks are influenced by peers early in children aged 9-10 years 41 .…”

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Levels and factors of knowledge about the related health risks of exposure to secondhand smoke among medical students: A cross-sectional study in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

Alzahrani¹

2020

Tob. Induc. Dis.

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worldwide 1 , representing one of the greatest health epidemics in the twentieth century. Smokers are prone to a diverse array of negative consequences ABSTRACT INTRODUCTION Secondhand smoke (SHS) appears to be an insidious public health issue in Saudi Arabia, with a high percentage of people being reportedly exposed. In an attempt to raise awareness about this issue, we explored medical students' level of knowledge about SHS risks, as well as their levels of exposure to SHS and the correlation between knowledge and exposure.

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Levels and factors of knowledge about the related health risks of exposure to secondhand smoke among medical students: A cross-sectional study in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

Alzahrani¹

2020

Tob. Induc. Dis.

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“…However, studies have substantiated the validity of self-reported smoking in young adolescents using the objective measure of urinary cotinine and exhaled CO concentration 39,40 . Also, independent variables that have been shown to be significant in other studies, such as smoking status of household member, smoking status of peer 41,42 , knowledge of SHS health hazard and attitude towards smoking were not investigated 30 . Smoking restriction at home and location of exposure to SHS was also not determined.…”

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Prevalence and factors related to secondhand smoke exposure among secondary school-going adolescents in Malaysia: Findings from Malaysia Global Health School Survey 2012 and 2017

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Ghazali²,

Lim³

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one-third were children 4 . SHS exposure has been shown to delay the neurodevelopment of youth and is significantly associated with poor academic achievement and neurocognitive performance among ABSTRACT INTRODUCTION Secondhand (SHS) smoke exposure has caused various health problems. Therefore, continuous monitoring of SHS exposure is important to determine the efficacy of various anti-tobacco measure implemented. The study aims to compare the prevalence and factor(s) associated with SHS exposure among secondary school-going adolescents in Malaysia during 2012 and 2017. METHODS We derived data from the Global School Health Survey (GSHS) 2012 and GSHS 2017, which was carried out in Malaysia using multistage sampling to select representative samples of secondary school-going adolescents. Both surveys used similar questionnaires to measure SHS exposure. Descriptive and multivariate logistic regression was used to determine the prevalence and factors associated with SHS exposure. RESULTS Approximately four in ten respondents were exposed to SHS in the past week in both surveys (41.5% in GSHS 2012 and 42.0% in GSHS 2017, respectively). Both surveys revealed a significantly higher SHS exposure among respondents who smoked than among non-smokers and higher among males compared to females. The likelihood of SHS exposure in both surveys was also similar, with a higher likelihood of SHS exposure among smoking adolescents and non-smoking adolescents who had at least one smoking parent/guardian, regardless of their own smoking status. Male adolescents had a higher risk of SHS exposure compared to their female counterparts. Meanwhile, SHS risk also increased with age, regardless of smoking status. CONCLUSIONS Our findings suggested that there were no changes in the prevalence of SHS exposure and recorded only a slight change in the factors associated with exposure to SHS among school-going adolescents in Malaysia between the years 2012 and 2017. A more pro-active, extensive and comprehensive programme should be implemented to address the problem of SHS exposure. Parents should be advised to stop smoking or abstain from smoking in the presence of their children, and smoking cessation interventions are necessary for smoking adolescents and their parents.

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“…A prevalência de estudantes universitários/as fumadores/as tem aumentado nos últimos anos e corresponde a cerca de um quatro dos/as estudantes quer a nível nacional (Alves et al, 2020) quer internacional (Hernández-González et al, 2018;Milošević Georgiev et al, 2019). O álcool é das substâncias psicoativas com maior prevalência no Ensino Superior, visto que diversos estudos apontam que mais de 80% dos/as estudantes universitários/as consomem bebidas alcoólicas (Alves et al, 2021a;Amare & Getinet, 2019), sendo esse consumo superior nos/as universitários/as em comparação com jovens adultos/as que não frequentam a universidade (Byrd, 2016) e aumentando com a permanência na universidade (Davoren et al, 2016).…”

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A influência dos pares no consumo de Substâncias Psicoativas entre estudantes universitários/as

Alves

Precioso

2022

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Entre os inúmeros fatores de influência social, os/as estudantes universitários/as são sensíveis aos comportamentos dos seus pares, sendo este considerado um preditor psicossocial robusto do consumo de substâncias psicoativas. O objetivo deste estudo prendeu-se com a análise da influência dos pares consumidores de substâncias psicoativas no consumo dessas mesmas substâncias por estudantes universitários. Este é um estudo transversal com uma amostra probabilística (n = 840) de estudantes universitários portugueses. Os dados foram recolhidos através de um questionário de autorelato anónimo e previamente validado composto por questões acerca dos consumos de substâncias psicoativas e dos consumos dessas substâncias pelos seus pares. Os resultados identificaram uma elevada prevalência de consumo de substâncias psicoativas (20.1%, 22.2% e 60.0% dos/as estudantes era fumador, consumidor de drogas ilícitas e apresentava um consumo excessivo de álcool, respetivamente). A maioria dos/as estudantes inquiridos/as referiu ter amigos/as consumidores/as de tabaco (84.8%), de drogas ilícitas (52.3%) e de álcool (93.9%). O consumo de substâncias psicoativas associou-se positivamente com ao consumo de substâncias psicoativas pelos pares. Estes resultados têm implicações práticas na investigação e intervenção em educação para a saúde no Ensino Superior. Por um lado, mostra a importância das instituições de ensino superior monitorizarem regularmente os comportamentos não-saudáveis e, por outro lado, que os programas de intervenção deverão capacitar os estudantes na tomada de decisões conscientes e positivas, promovendo o desenvolvimento de competências de regulação das emoções e a participação ativa das redes sociais mais próximas.

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Smoking behavior and secondhand smoke exposure among university students in northern Portugal: Relations with knowledge on tobacco use and attitudes toward smoking

Cited by 24 publications

References 39 publications

Levels and factors of knowledge about the related health risks of exposure to secondhand smoke among medical students: A cross-sectional study in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

Levels and factors of knowledge about the related health risks of exposure to secondhand smoke among medical students: A cross-sectional study in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

Prevalence and factors related to secondhand smoke exposure among secondary school-going adolescents in Malaysia: Findings from Malaysia Global Health School Survey 2012 and 2017

A influência dos pares no consumo de Substâncias Psicoativas entre estudantes universitários/as

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