The prevalence of adolescent smoking in the city of Cordoba, Argentina

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  • M BIRRI Cátedra de Salud Pública. Departamento de Farmacia. Facultad de Ciencias Químicas. Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. Edifi cio de Ciencias 2 - Ciudad Universitaria (CP 5000) – Córdoba - Argentina
  • M CABRAL PÉREZ Cátedra de Salud Pública. Departamento de Farmacia. Facultad de Ciencias Químicas. Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. Edifi cio de Ciencias 2 - Ciudad Universitaria (CP 5000) – Córdoba - Argentina
  • A AGNESE Cátedra de Salud Pública. Departamento de Farmacia. Facultad de Ciencias Químicas. Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. Edifi cio de Ciencias 2 - Ciudad Universitaria (CP 5000) – Córdoba - Argentina

Keywords:

Adolescents, Cordoba, Prevalence, Tobacco

Abstract

It is a well established fact that in many countries smoking is a major cause of preventable death. In recognition ofsmoking as a priority topic in public health policy, a diagnosis of smoking habits among adolescents from six secondaryschools was carried out in the city of Cordoba, Argentina, in order to determine its prevalence. An adapted formof a World Health Organisation (WHO) questionnaire was used as a survey instrument and the gathered data wasprocessed using the Epi-Info program, version 3.3. The results obtained demonstrated, among other considerations, thatthe prevalence of smoking among this population group was 30.45% (IC 95%= 27.50% – 33.50%) and that 56.80% (IC95%= 53.60% - 60.00%) had smoked a cigarette at least once in their lives.

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2007-06-20

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BIRRI M, CABRAL PÉREZ M, AGNESE A. The prevalence of adolescent smoking in the city of Cordoba, Argentina. Ars Pharm [Internet]. 2007 Jun. 20 [cited 2024 Jul. 22];48(2):121-34. Available from: https://revistaseug.ugr.es/index.php/ars/article/view/4980

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Vol. 48 No. 2 (2007)

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