Experimentation with and knowledge regarding water-pipe tobacco smoking among medical students at a major university in Brazil
| Autor: | Stella Regina Martins, Renato Batista Paceli, Marco Antônio Bussacos, Frederico Leon Arrabal Fernandes, Gustavo Faibischew Prado, Elisa Maria Siqueira Lombardi, Mário Terra-Filho, Ubiratan Paula Santos |
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| Jazyk: | English<br />Portuguese |
| Rok vydání: | 2014 |
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| Zdroj: | Jornal Brasileiro de Pneumologia, Vol 40, Iss 2, Pp 102-110 (2014) |
| Druh dokumentu: | article |
| ISSN: | 1806-3756 1806-3713 |
| DOI: | 10.1590/S1806-37132014000200002 |
| Popis: | OBJECTIVE: Water-pipe tobacco smoking is becoming increasingly more common among young people. The objective of this study was to estimate the prevalence of the use of water pipes and other forms of tobacco use, including cigarette smoking, among medical students, as well as to examine the attitudes, beliefs, and knowledge of those students regarding this issue. METHODS: We administered a questionnaire to students enrolled in the University of São Paulo School of Medicine, in São Paulo, Brazil. The respondents were evaluated in their third and sixth years of medical school, between 2008 and 2013. Comparisons were drawn between the two years. RESULTS: We evaluated 586 completed questionnaires. Overall, the prevalence of current cigarette smokers was low, with a decline among males (9.78% vs. 5.26%) and an increase among females (1.43% vs. 2.65%) in the 3rd and 6th year, respectively. All respondents believed that health professionals should advise patients to quit smoking. However, few of the medical students who smoked received physician advice to quit. Experimentation with other forms of tobacco use was more common among males (p |
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