The problem of tobacco use among students of Lublin universities

Książek Piotr, Dreher Piotr, Mojsym-Korybska Sylwia, Grabska-Kusiak Kinga, Wójcik Andrzej, Pucek Mirosław. The problem of tobacco use among students of Lublin universities. Journal of Education, Health and Sport. 2019;9(3):146-152. eISNN 2391-8306. DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.2589555 http://ojs.ukw.edu.pl/index.php/johs/article/view/6665 The journal has had 7 points in Ministry of Science and Higher Education parametric evaluation. Part b item 1223 (26/01/2017). 1223 Journal of Education, Health and Sport eissn 2391-8306 7 © The Authors 2019; This article is published with open access at Licensee Open Journal Systems of Kazimierz Wielki University in Bydgoszcz, Poland Open Access. This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial License which permits any noncommercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author (s) and source are credited. This is an open access article licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non commercial license Share alike. (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/) which permits unrestricted, non commercial use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the work is properly cited. The authors declare that there is no conflict of interests regarding the publication of this paper. Received: 15.02.2019. Revised: 15.02.2019. Accepted: 10.03.2019. The problem of tobacco use among students of Lublin universities Name Piotr Książek ORCID iD http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9975-6630 Affiliation Katedra i Zakład Zdrowia Publicznego Uniwersytet Medyczny w Lublinie Country Poland Bio Statement — Name Piotr Dreher ORCID iD http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1386-1128 Affiliation Katedra i Zakład Zdrowia Publicznego Uniwersytet Medyczny w Lublinie Country Poland Bio Statement — Name Sylwia Mojsym-Korybska ORCID iD http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8248-9599 Affiliation Katedra i Zakład Zdrowia Publicznego Uniwersytet Medyczny w Lublinie Country Poland Bio Statement — Principal contact for editorial correspondence. Name Kinga Grabska-Kusiak ORCID iD http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7043-9578 Affiliation Katedra i Zakład Zdrowia Publicznego Uniwersytet Medyczny w Lublinie Country Poland Bio Statement — Name Andrzej Wójcik ORCID iD http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3822-1960 Affiliation Kancelaria Lexpert Polska Sp. z o.o. W Lublinie Country Poland Bio Statement — Name Mirosław Pucek ORCID iD http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4864-4732 Affiliation Kancelaria Mirosław Pucek & Patrnerzy W lublinie Country Poland Bio Statement — Title The problem of tobacco use among students of Lublin universities Abstract Introduction. As for operational purposes concerning risk factors and activities in health promotion of the National Health Program, one should find the point of talking about reducing the prevalence of smoking. The main characteristics of tobacco dependence are: inability to stop smoking or significantly reducing it, the emergence of withdrawal syndrome caused by smoking cessation, persistent intake of tobacco, even when serious illness should prompt discontinuation. Aim. The aim of the research conducted among the students of Lublin universities was to identify the level of nicotine use by young people, to find out socio-demographic components of these behaviours and to determine the need for preventive activities in the field of cigarette smoking Meterial and methods. Studies were carried out among full-time students of all the public universities in Lublin: the Medical University (MU), the Maria Curie-Skłodowska University (MCSU), University of Life Sciences (ULS), the John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin (CUL), Technical University of Lublin (TUL). Results.The study shows that 75% of students do not smoke cigarettes at all, while among smokers – 12% smoke regularly and 13% occasionally. We noticed a very interesting relationship - it turned out that women smoke more than men and are more likely to declare regular smoking. Also interesting is the fact that people living while studying in the family home and having parents with higher education smoke more. Conclusions.Nicotine smoking is a serious problem among students of Lublin universities. INDEXING Keywords students; smoking tobacco; tobacco; addiction Language e