Abstract

GARCIA-GARCIA, Pedro; VAZQUEZ-GALINDO, Laura; HAYASHIDA, Miyeko  and  SANTOS, Manoel Antônio dos. Prevalence and opinions related to tobacco consuption by university students. SMAD, Rev. Eletrônica Saúde Mental Álcool Drog. (Ed. port.) [online]. 2014, vol.10, n.3, pp. 135-142. ISSN 1806-6976.  http://dx.doi.org/10.11606/issn.1806-6976.v10i3p135-142.

Tobacco use represents one of the major public health problems; the aim of the study was to determine the prevalence and opinions of tobacco consumption by university population; a descriptive cross-sectional design was used. The results showed a prevalence of use in the last year of 24.3 of participants, consumption once in a lifetime was 46.3%. Regarding dissenting opinions (cons) about tobacco use it is found that a high percentage of participants presents obstacles to the use of tobacco; items that reached the highest levels were in relation to opinions on health, such as tobacco causing cancer and directly affecting the lungs and heart.

Keywords : Prevalence [university Students]; Beliefs; tobacco.

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