Prevalência de discentes fumantes, estudo da dependência da nicotina

Diego Apolinário Calasans; Geórgia Aparecida Santos Araújo; Deise Sales Araújo; Stela Aparecida Alexandre; Luciana Maria Malosa Sampaio; Adriana Battagin Angelini

doi:10.5585/conscientiaesaude/2011/v10n1/2476

Authors

Diego Apolinário Calasans Universidade Nove de Julho
Geórgia Aparecida Santos Araújo Universidade Nove de Julho; USP
Deise Sales Araújo Universidade Nove de Julho
Stela Aparecida Alexandre Universidade Nove de Julho
Luciana Maria Malosa Sampaio Universidade Nove de Julho
Adriana Battagin Angelini Universidade Nove de Julho

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5585/conscientiaesaude/2011/v10n1/2476

Keywords:

Nicotine, Smoking, Students, Withdrawal syndrome the substances, Tobacco Use disorder.

Abstract

Introduction: The WHO considers smoking the leading cause of preventable death. Currently, the awareness of the harm caused by smoking is considered the best treatment. Objective: To evaluate the prevalence of smoking among students, examining the level of nicotine dependence. Methods: Data analyzed were from samples collected after administration of a questionnaire with eight questions on smoking in health care students at the University Nove. The students were smokers submitted to the Fagerstrom Test for assessing and have knowledge of their actual level of nicotine dependence. Results: After an analysis of crosssectional study were obtained from 218 smokers and 157 women and 61 men who underwent the FTND. It was observed that dependency levels varied, with the following results: 68.35% mild, moderate 25.23% and 3.21% severe. Conclusion: We conclude that smoking is a serious public health problem affecting the professional training in health.