title: Attitudes of Romanian dental students towards tobacco and alcohol.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The aim of this study was to assess smoking and alcohol use in male and female Romanian dental students and to compare this with different levels of education.
  
  
  METHODS
  A total of 315 questionnaires were distributed to male and female dental students (first to sixth year students).
  
  
  RESULTS
  Among the 315 respondents, 37.33% were smokers and 71.04% o f students used alcohol on a regular basis. Overall, there was a 30-day smoking prevalence of 32.47%. Among those who smoked daily, 24% were sixth year students and only 10% were first year. The average number of cigarettes smoked was thirteen cigarettes per day with males smoking more than females (p<0.0001). The average number of years as a smoker was five years, with fifth and sixth year students smoking longer than others (p<0.001). The average age when students started to smoke was 17.15 years. Statistically significant differences were observed between genders related to alcohol drinking (p<0.0001). Significant linear relationships were shown between smoking and alcohol consumption (r;2=0.47, p<0.0001).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  There was a clear difference in smoking and alcohol consumption between groups of Romanian dental students.
authors.affiliation: Department of Periodontology, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Medicine and Pharmacy Carol Davila, Bucharest, Romania. alexandrina_l_dumitrescu@yahoo.co.uk
authors.forename: Alexandrina L
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Dumitrescu
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000428:Alcohol Drinking / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology*; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016014:Linear Models; D008297:Male; D012111:Residence Characteristics; D012383:Romania / Q000453:epidemiology; D012907:Smoking / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology*; D018709:Statistics, Nonparametric; D013335:Students, Dental / Q000523:psychology*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires