title: [The problem of tobacco addiction among high-school teenagers].
abstract: Tobacco addiction is a serious health and economic problem concerning the whole globe. High-school teenagers are a group of society whose habits, knowledge about harmfulness of smoking tobacco have an influence on future development. The aim of the thesis was to define the problem of high-school teenagers' addiction to nicotine. The research was conducted among 341 young people from different high schools. The research group consisted of students: High School no. 11 and, Artistic High School in Poznan, High School in Klodawa and two schools in Norway, Askim Ungdomskole--teenager school and Videregaende Skole in Askim--high school. The representative sample group numbered: 287 in Poland and 54 persons in Norway. Smoking cigarettes and addiction to nicotine is considered to be a medical problem, which is related to the occurrence of many diseases, as well as a social problem which regards the biggest part of youths.
authors.affiliation: Katedra Pielegniarstwa Pediatrycznego, Uniwersytetu Medycznego im. Karola Marcinkowskiego w Poznaniu. kpielped@ump.edu.pl
authors.forename: Anna
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Basa
authors.forename: Dorota
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Mocarska
authors.forename: Maria
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Buczyńska-Górna
authors.forename: Renata
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Adamska
authors.forename: Krystyna
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kusztal
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009664:Norway; D011044:Poland; D012907:Smoking / Q000009:adverse effects*; D014029:Tobacco Use Disorder; D014026:Nicotiana