Associated Factors with Smoking Habit Beginning in University Students in Bogotá, Colombia
Introduction: All over the world 5.4 million people die due to tobacco related diseases per year. Considering that teenagers are highly impressionable by media in tobacco consumption, they constitute the population of interest in order to diminish the use of tobacco and the morbidity associated with...
| Autor Principal: | Barreto Niño, Ana Maria |
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| Otros Autores: | Bonilla Reyes, Paula Andrea, Calderón Bonilla, Juan Francisco, Cantillo Avilez, Melissa Andrea, Viña Lopera, Julian Alonso, Quitian Reyes, Hoover |
| Formato: | info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
| Idioma: | eng spa |
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Pontificia Universidad Javeriana
2018
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http://revistas.javeriana.edu.co/index.php/vnimedica/article/view/21749 |
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Introduction: All over the world 5.4 million people die due to tobacco related diseases per year. Considering that teenagers are highly impressionable by media in tobacco consumption, they constitute the population of interest in order to diminish the use of tobacco and the morbidity associated with its use. Objective: To identify factors associated at the beginning of tobacco consumption. Methodology: Descriptive cross-sectional study using a poll created from a questionnaire on tobacco by Center of Disease Control and Prevention, with a sample of smokers, over 18, selected in the most popular smoking areas at Universidad Javeriana, Bogota – Colombia. Results: The most frequent factors related to the beginning of tobacco consumption were: Peer pressure (34.6%), curiosity (24.7%) and stress (17.6%). The average starting smoking age was 14.3 (±1.9). Conclusion: The low capacity of opposing social pressure at parties and recreational events showed as the most important factor at the beginning of a smoking habit. |
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