Tobacco use among Romanian youth.
This paper reviews data published between 1990 and 2006 regarding smoking prevalence as well as individual and contextual influences on the smoking behavior among Romanian young adults. Highlights include a consideration of multiple levels of influence, from intra-individual factors, such as demographic and cognitive factors, to social influences, such as families and peers, to the more macro, societal/cultural levels of influence, including advertising and tobacco-related policies The source of data is represented by articles and short information published in journals or in electronic format, legislation, statistics and are illustrated with pictures. Based on these data, recommendations for future smoking prevention and reduction actions for Romanian youth are taken.
Department of Environmental Health, University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Cluj-Napoca, Romania. llotrean@umfcluj.ro
Lucia M
LM
Lotrean
Carmen
C
Ionut
Hein
H
de Vries
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000329:Advertising; D000367:Age Factors; D005260:Female; D005544:Forecasting; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D015995:Prevalence; D012383:Romania / Q000453:epidemiology; D012737:Sex Factors; D012907:Smoking / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D000074606:Smoking Prevention; D019460:Tobacco Industry / Q000379:methods*