Smoking habits, attitudes toward smoking among medical high school students and gymnasium students in Virovitica

Rezultati mnogobrojnih istraživanja ukazuju na štetnost pušenja. Pušenje je veliki javno zdravstveni problem, posebno u nerazvijenim i srednje razvijenim zemljama, u koje se ubraja i Hrvatska. U ovom radu istraživali smo učestalost i navike pušenja te stavove prema pušenju u učenika srednje medicinske škole i učenika opće gimnazije, u Virovitici. U istraživanju je sudjelovalo 256 učenika. Upitnikom su prikupljeni podaci o sociodemografskim obilježjima, pušačkom statusu učenika i roditelja te stavovima učenika prema pušenju. Prikupljeni podaci obrađeni su metodama deskriptivne statistike. Dobiveni rezultati pokazuju da 34,3% ispitanika puši cigarete. Učestalost pušenja je značajno veća u učenika srednje medicinske škole u odnosu na učenike gimnazije (37,4% vs. 30,4%, p=0,07). Učenici medicinske škole više puše svakodnevno (44,9%), nego povremeno (28,6%) i samo vikendom (26,5%). Učenici gimnazije podjednako često puše svakodnevno i povremeno (38,1%), a manje samo vikendom (23,8%). Učenici su svjesni štetnosti aktivnog i pasivnog pušenja, međutim ne pokazuju namjeru prestati s tom štetnom navikom.Smoking habits and attitudes towards smoking among students attending nursing school and gymnasium in Virovitica Harmful effects of smoking are widely acknowledged. Smoking is one of major public health problems, especially in low and middle income countries, as well as in Croatia. In this study, we examined prevalence and smoking habits and attitudes towards smoking among students of nursing school and gymnasium, in Virovitica. The study included 256 students. For the purpose of this study, socio-demographic data, smoking status of students and their parents and students' attitudes towards smoking, were collected by questionairre . The results show that 34.3% students smoke cigarettes. The prevalence of smoking is significantly higher in students of nursing school than in students of gymnasium (37.4% vs. 30.4%, p=0,07). Students of nursing school smoke more on daily-basis (44.9%) than periodically (28.6%) and during weekend (26.5%). Same number of gymnasium students smoke daily and periodically (38.1%) and lower on weekend (23.8%). Students are aware of the harmful effects of active smoking and passive smoking. However, they do not show intention to stop this harmful habit