THE PROBLEM OF NICOTINE
SMOKING IN BYDGOSZCZ SCHOOL PUPILS
A.Galaj1,
A.Balcar-Boron2, A.Durmowicz
1-Dept.
of Pharmacology Medical School of Bydgoszcz, Poland
2-Dept.
of Pediatrics Medical School of Bydgoszcz, Poland
Objective: The study has been conducted on 681
persons,the pupils both of primary and high school in Bydgoszcz /chosen at
random/.214 of them were from the 7-th and 8-th grades of primary school
and 467 from the 2-nd,3-rd and 4-th grades of high school.Among the
subjects there were 307 girls and 374 boys.
Methods: Tthe study has been done on the basis of a
questionnaire”Health Behavior Questionnaire”-Institute of Behavior Science
Univ.of Colorado 1989.The number of students smoking,the age at which they
start and frequency of smoking,the influence of smoking parents on their
children,the youngsters attitude towards the above addiction,the youngsters
awareness about the negativ econsequences of smoking as well as the meaning
of religion for using nicotine have been estimated.
Results: 32% of pupils from Bydgoszcz primary schools
claim that they tried to smoke.The youngsters from high schools smoke
cigarettes twice as often.The initiation age at which theystart to smoke
cigarettes is very young /12 years and 9 month/ similarly as which they start
smoking regularly /15 years/.The average age of the first attempt to
smoke,of smoking regularly,dose not depend on the kind of high school,but
still the frequency of smoking appears to be highest in vocational and
technical schools.Smoking is a popular and socially accepted mode of
behavior among the youngsters.At their homes either mother or father but
basicly both parents smoke cigarettes.
Conclusion: Smoking is remarkably less popular among the
declared religions people.The majority of inquired students are aware of
all negative effects of smoking which does not,as it shown,reduce their use
of them