PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Simona Apetrei
TI  - Tobacco smoking: Still an important lifestyle component for adolescents and adults
DP  - 2012 Sep 01
TA  - European Respiratory Journal
PG  - P4063
VI  - 40
IP  - Suppl 56
4099  - http://erj.ersjournals.com/content/40/Suppl_56/P4063.short
4100  - http://erj.ersjournals.com/content/40/Suppl_56/P4063.full
SO  - Eur Respir J2012 Sep 01; 40
AB  - Tobacco use remains still,unfortunately,an important component of lifestyle for all ages Romanian people.The aim of this study was to highlight features of tobacco from different generations,adolescents and adults.Study groups:A-student smokers aged 14-18 years,B-smoking adults aged over 19.All subjects completed anonymous questionnaires about tobacco use.The prevalence of smoking was 21.8% for group A,35.6% for group B.The prevalence of smoking was relatively similar for males and females for group A-23.6% /20.3%,while for group B was more prevalent for males increased(52.4% /19.6%).Smoking prevalence was also similar for rural/urban areas for group A;for group B slightly increased in rural areas-62.3%.We obtained a low nicotine dependence in 70.2%of adolescents and high dependence in only 6.0% of them; in adults the medium dependence prevailed 49.1%,and high dependence occurred in 34.9% of cases.The mean age at wich they start smoking was13.8 years for group A and 15.2 for group B.In both groups we found a significant percentage of cases having at least one other smoker in their family-33.3% for adolescents and 20.8% for adults.In this study we found that the new generation is better informed about health risks of smoking(79.8%),but ignore that information,knowingly exposing themselves to risks.Although groups of study subjects were included only smokers in the two categories, it is worth mentioning that the percentage of ex-smokers was a significant(12.5%,respectively 23.8%).It should therefore promote a healthy lifestyle,without tobacco consumption,both adolescents and adults,in order to increase quality of life by preventing multiple pathology caused by tobacco.