title: Smoking habits and awareness of smoking risks depending on academic background in university students.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To evaluate smoking habits among a group of medical students and engineering students in order to assess whether, depending on their specific academic background, differences in smoking habits and attitudes towards smoking were present.
  
  
  METHODS
  Medical and engineering students from the Oporto University were surveyed using a questionnaire, in which they were asked to mention their smoking habits, their perception about cigarette dependence and to point out, from a list of 12 tobacco-related diseases, which were associated with tobacco use.
authors: Interna complementar de Pneumologia, Porto, Portugal. sandrasaleiro@portugalmail.pt
authors: Sandra
authors: S
authors: Saleiro
authors: Carla
authors: C
authors: Damas
authors: Isabel
authors: I
authors: Gomes
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012307:Risk Factors; D012907:Smoking / Q000453:epidemiology*; D013334:Students; D014495:Universities