Trends in smoking among secondary school and high school students in Poland, 2009 and 2011

Wojtyła-Buciora, Paulina; Stawińska-Witoszyńska, Barbara; Żukiewicz-Sobczak, Wioletta; Wojtyła, Cezary; Biliński, Przemysław; Urbaniak, Monika; Wojtyła, Andrzej; Marcinkowski, Jerzy T.; Wojciechowska, Małgorzata

doi:10.13075/ijomeh.1896.00741

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“…Most of the participants in our survey started their first tobacco smoking at the age of 12 years or less. The key reasons behind smoking initiation at an early age by males are to make impression, curiosity and the need of friend acceptance (Wojtyła-Buciora et al, 2017). The results of our study are identical to that reported earlier by the World Health Organization (Aras et al, 2004).…”

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“…The two major factors related to the smoking habits are the rate and number of cigarettes smoked per day. Our survey presented that roughly 2/3 of participants confirmed smoking daily; this rate is two-fold higher than the rate reported among Polish students in 2011 (Wojtyła-Buciora et al, 2017). This increase in smoking in adolescence might be due to the weak application of a law in Kurdistan forbidding the sale of cigarettes to those under age 18 as found in other developed countries.…”

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Prevalence and Predictors of Tobacco Use Among School Adolescents in Zakho, Kurdistan Region of Iraq

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Knowledge regarding the smoking prevalence among the Kurdistan general population is not clear, at least for males. Here in the Kurdistan Youth Smoking Survey and Behaviours (KYSS&B) we tried to further expand our knowledge about the smoking profile of school students across Kurdistan. Five hundred students from four Zakho male basic schools were taken to participate in the study to determine the prevalence of smoking and socio-demographical factors associating with smoking among students aged 12 to 15 years. The KYSS&B questionnaire included various parameters such as age, gender, friends, parent history and blood groups. This study showed that the prevalence of students who ever tried smoking was 74%; about 65% of them started at age 12 years or less. Although the majority of participants (95%) knew that smoking is harmful and had negative impact on human health, 18% of them thought that they will never quit smoking. The study concluded that there was no strong association between family monthly income, parent education level and blood groups. On the other hand, the three most critical factors connected with smoking habit reported by students were age, peer influence and father smoking.

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Prevalence and Predictors of Tobacco Use Among School Adolescents in Zakho, Kurdistan Region of Iraq

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“…The questionnaire carried out among high school students between the ages of 16 and 20 showed that almost 1/3 (29.1%) of them smoked or vaped. Wojtyła-Buciora et al (2011) [10] discovered more than a twofold increase in the number of students reaching for tobacco products in high school wi- . Prevalence of dental visits among students (n = 774) thin 2 years (from 11% in 2009 to 24% in 2011).…”

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Awareness and health-enhancing behavior of oral cancer among high school students

Wnuk¹,

Badowska-Kozakiewicz²

2019

Nowotwory. Journal of Oncology

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Introduction. An increase in head and neck cancers has been observed. Recent ndings show an association between those cancers and Human Papillomavirus (HPV) infection. It is known that HPV infections lead to oral cancers, especially among adolescents. Material and methods. An author-delivered questionnaire was carried out among 774 high school students. The survey covered questions about epidemiology, lifestyle, dental behavior, and oral cancer prevention and risk factors. Results. 29.1% of students smoke or vape. 34.9% of respondents think that HPV infections can cause oral cancer. It is believed that transmission occurs through sexual activity (72.2%), vertical (47.5%), horizontal (23.8%), and auto-transmission (14.6%). 20.4% of interviewees noticed changes in their oral mucosa and 20.0% perform mouth self-examination. Conclusions. Students do not have adequate knowledge of oral cancer. Smoking and drinking are still at a high level. The lack of knowledge prevailed in technical schools. Participants attending classes with an advanced curriculum in science had better lifestyle habits than others. There is a need to improve head and neck cancers education and awareness among youth attending technical schools and schools with non-scienti c curriculums.

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“…Dear Editor, We have read the letter from Dr. T. Kawada [1] regarding our published paper on "Trends in smoking among secondary school and high school students in Poland, 2009 and 2011" [2] with great interest. In response we would like to point out that our findings were mainly on tobacco smoking rates in the case of secondary and high school pupils as well as the trends observed during these times, and causes of smoking were not analyzed in our survey.…”

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Authors’ response (December 7, 2017) to the letter to the Editor concerning the paper “Trends in smoking among secondary school and high school students in Poland, 2009 and 2011”

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Trends in smoking among secondary school and high school students in Poland, 2009 and 2011

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Prevalence and Predictors of Tobacco Use Among School Adolescents in Zakho, Kurdistan Region of Iraq

Prevalence and Predictors of Tobacco Use Among School Adolescents in Zakho, Kurdistan Region of Iraq

Awareness and health-enhancing behavior of oral cancer among high school students

Authors’ response (December 7, 2017) to the letter to the Editor concerning the paper “Trends in smoking among secondary school and high school students in Poland, 2009 and 2011”

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