The consumption of tobacco products by adolescents in the Czech Republic in 2016

This bachelor thesis focuses on mapping the current state of adolescent tobacco users. The thesis verifies the influence of parents, peers and other factors on the disposition to smoke. The theoretical part deals with the price formation of tobacco products, describes tobacco industry and compares the prevalence of smoking in selected European countries. This part also evaluates each of determinants of influence on the youth and recommends timely, systematic and long-term prevention of addiction in partnership with families and schools. The research in the practical part confirmed that adolescents, who have more smokers in their background, are more likely to become smokers and would rather associate with smoking friends. The research also found out that schools have created standard mechanisms of addiction prevention, but they are not efficient enough, clearly shown by the adolescent smoking prevalence