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The 13th World Conference on Tobacco OR HealthBuilding capacity for a tobacco-free worldJuly 12-15, 2006, Washington, DC, USA |
Friday, July 14, 2006 - 12:00 PM
102-90
Profile of Smoking in Chilean Teenagers of Socioeconomic Low Level
JULIA HUAIQUIAN, MPH1, MARIA TERESA CHIANG, PhD2, CORALIA I. RIVAS, PhD2, GISELA ASENJO, MPH3, JUAN CARLOS VILLALOBOS, MPH4, MAFALDA MALDONADO, MPH2, JUAN CARLOS VERA, PhD2, and SERGIO ROJAS, MPH5. (1) ENFERMERIA, UNIVERSITY OF CONCEPCION, BARRIO UNIVERSITARIO S/N FACULTAD DE MEDICINA, CONCEPCION, Chile, (2) FISIOPATOLOGIA, UNIVERSITY OF CONCEPCION, BARRIO UNIVERSITARIO S/N FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS BIOLOGICAS, CONCEPCION, Chile, (3) NUTRICION Y DIETETICA, UNIVERSITY OF CONCEPCION, BARRIO UNIVERSITARIO S/N FACULTAD DE FARMACIA, CONCEPCION, Chile, (4) PEDIATRIA, UNIVERSITY OF CONCEPCION, BARRIO UNIVERSITARIO S/N FACULTAD DE MEDICINA, CONCEPCION, Chile, (5) METODOLOGIA, UNIVERSITY OF CONCEPCION, BARRIO UNIVERSITARIO S/N FACULTAD DE EDUCACION, CONCEPCION, CASILLA160-C, Chile
Objective: to know the smoking status of teenagers of a low-socioeconomic level
Methods: descriptive transverse study there was applied in a sample of 327 students who in a voluntary form answered to a questionnaire with questions semiconstructed, in their high school.
Results: The results reveal 26% of smokers. The age in which they began in the consumption of the tobacco was in average of 13,1 years. The students indicate an average consumption of 12.8 cigars a week, 25,1% smoke in search of support and 75,1% do by pleasing. Of the total of smokers a 81% reports to want to stop smoking whereas 19 % proves to be indifferent.
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