School children and their contact with marihuana and tobacc

in english The goal of this bachelor thesis was to research the contact and relationship of older age students with smoking tobacco and marijuana products. The thesis is divided into two parts, theoretical and empirical. In the theoretical part of the thesis I identified and characterized the goal group of the study, primary school students. Other terms that are defined and discussed in the thesis are at risk groups, addictive substances, addiction and the prevention of risky behavior. The empirical part of the thesis contains my own research. The data that was collected was obtained through a questionnaire completed by 7th, 8th and 9th grade students at 4 primary schools in the Ústecký region of Czech Republic. Through the questionnnaire I was able to identity the availability of addictive substances to primary school students; the comparison of children living in the city versus village and their different experiences using addictive substances, and the comparison of experiences between students that have regularly scheduled hobbies and those that have none. The data collected was able to show that tobacco and cigarettes are easily available to primary school students; that the average age of first experiences with addictive substances is the same in the city as it is in villages; and that there..