[Comparative studies of smoking habits of students at the medical and law schools in Belgrade].
About one third of medical students and almost 50% of law students are current smokers. In both schools there are more smokers among male students than among female students. The percentage of smokers increased in the course of medical training and decreased in the course of law training. About 50% of all male students smoked 15-24 cigarettes per day and most of female students (60%) smoked 1-14 cigarettes per day. The majority of students became smokers before coming to University. In most cases they started smoking at the age of 18. The majority of students can not state a specific reason for starting smoking. Among reported motives conflicting situations and imitating friends are the most frequently mentioned. Smoking is more common among the families of students smokers than among the families of students non-smokers and this difference was found to be statistically significant. Students, especially medical ones, are well informed about harmful effects of cigarette smoking. They most frequently associated smoking with lung cancer, hypertension and myocardial infarction. More than half students-smokers declared they would like to quit smoking.
Adanja
B
B
Vlajinac
H
H
Jarebinski
M
M
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007603:Jurisprudence; D008297:Male; D012907:Smoking / Q000453:epidemiology*; D013334:Students; D013337:Students, Medical; D015022:Yugoslavia
Komparativno ispitivanje pusackih navika studenata medicinskog i pravnog fakulteta u Beogradu.