Epidemiology of smoking in the Medical course in Lages - Santa Catarina

• Autor(a) principal: Staudt, Guilherme Felipe
• Data de Publicação: 2020
• Outros Autores: Tormem, Louísse Tainá, Souza, Patricia Alves de, Souza, Marli Adelina de
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Research, Society and Development
• Texto Completo: https://rsdjournal.org/index.php/rsd/article/view/3283
• topic: Dependência; Epidemiologia; Estudante de medicina; Tabagismo.; Dependency; Epidemiology; Medicine student; Smoking.; Epidemiología; Estudiante de medicina; Fumar.

Objective: the objective was to trace the epidemiological profile of medical students at the Universidade do Planalto Catarinense (UNIPLAC) in Lages / SC. Method: study of data obtained through a questionnaire applied to 94 students from August 2013 to December 2013. Results: the average age of the participants was 23.06 years, with a minimum of 19 years and a maximum of 39 years. 19.1% were smokers, of these 8.5% were daily smokers and 10.6% were occasional smokers. The average age of smoking initiation was 17.88 years. 22.3% started smoking at 18 years of age. The highest incentive to start using cigarettes was the influence of friends in 61.1%. 72.2% of academic smokers smoked up to 10 cigarettes a day, and 61.1% said they were interested in quitting. 38.9% described pleasure and 33.3% described reducing anxiety as a sensation of smoking exposure. Conclusion: the high prevalence of smokers among medical students shows the need to reinforce prevention and smoking cessation programs aimed at this population.