Smoking habits and awareness of smoking risks depending on academic background in university students.
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.
Saleiro
Sandra
S
Interna complementar de Pneumologia, Porto, Portugal. sandrasaleiro@portugalmail.pt
Damas
Carla
C
Gomes
Isabel
I
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