Prevalence and potential factors associated with tobacco consumption in schooled adolescents

Abstract

Objective: This study estimates the prevalence in tobacco consumption and the associated factors in adolescents at official educational institutions in the municipality of Palmira. Methods: This was a crosss-sectional analysis with an analytical component, including 205 high school students from six official schools. The analysis was performed through the SPSS statistics software version 24. Qualitative variables were expressed as ratios with their corrsponding 95 % confidence intervals (CI). Quantitative variables were expressed as central tendency and dispersion measures, depending on the distribution of the variable. Finally, an odds ratio was calculated for the associated factors with a 95 % CI and the binary logistic regression model statistical model was used to adjust the variables. Results: The tobacco consumption’s overall prevalence was 38.5%, CI 95 % (31.6–45.4 %); e-cigarette, 20 %, 95 % CI (14.2–25.7 %); cigarette, 18.5 %, 95 % CI (12.9–24.1 %) and hookah, 17.9 %, 95 % CI (12.1–23 %), with a greater incidence in women than men. The resulting associated factors were age (OR 3.17, CI 95 % [1.48–6.79]), a partner who smokes (OR 2.51, 95 % CI (1.36–4.63 %), friends who smoke (OR 7.0, 95 % CI [3.4–14.5]), and the possibility of buying individual cigarettes instead of a pack (OR 2.60, 95 % CI (1.26–5.3). Conclusions: Smoking habit’s overall prevalence is higher than the one reported in adolescents. Female subjects reported greater and more frequent consumption of e-cigarettes.

Estilos De Vida en Estudiantes Universitarios De Un Programa Académico De Salud

“…La urbanización rápida y no planificada, los cambios en los hábitos y la alimentación, han traído nuevas amenazas para la salud y el incremento de la incidencia de enfermedades crónicas no transmisibles (ENT), las cuales representan alrededor del 70% de las muertes prematuras a nivel global y comparten factores de riesgo comunes que incluyen la exposición y consumo del humo del tabaco y sus derivados, la inactividad física, el uso nocivo del alcohol y la dieta no saludable (5)(6)(7)(8). Estos comportamientos generalmente son comunes durante el periodo de transición de adolescente a adulto joven (9,10). Los jóvenes universitarios están en una etapa de crecimiento y desarrollo de nuevos hábitos, la mayor parte de ellos se encuentran dentro del rango de edad de los 15-24 años, constituyendo un grupo vulnerable en relación con sus estilos de vida (11).…”