title: [Tobacco smoking and self-assessment of health status among students from High School of Country Economy in Kutno--preliminary study].
abstract: Tobacco smoking is still actual and common problem, which affects both students' high schools and their professors. In this study results are presented among students from one private schools in Poland, when students are educated in the following directions: geodesy, Europe science, pedagogy, computer science and nursing. The aim of the study was to assess prevalence of tobacco smoking among students and the awareness of health consequences. It is also decided to check which variables determinate self-assessment of health status of students and what motives of tobacco smoking are. Tobacco smoking was declared by 39% of students, 81.9% of them smoked regular and 18.1% - occasional. The biggest group of tobacco smoking students was noticed in geodesy - 35.4% students and nursing - 29%. Nearly 44% had opinion that tobacco smoking become addicted (22.9% students from nursing, 31.4% from geodesy, 8.6% from Europe science and 143% from pedagogy). Almost 36% students, in their opinion, become addicted to nicotine, over 32% students smoked because of relaxing effects of smoking, 129% smoked for company, The biggest group of surveyed group assess their health status as a good (56.3%) and very good (42%), one person as a very bad - 125%. There are statistical significant dependence between health status and gender, age, study, year of study and place of residence.
authors.affiliation: Zakład Zdrowia Publicznego, Uniwersytet Medyczny im. Karola Marcinkowskiego w Poznaniu. radamek@ump.edu.pl
authors.forename: Renata
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Adamek
authors.forename: Edyta
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Kurzepa-Hasan
authors.forename: Anna
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Pietrzak
authors.forename: Monika
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Zysnarska
authors.forename: Joanna
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Jagielska
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006304:Health Status; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008297:Male; D011044:Poland; D012647:Self-Assessment; D012907:Smoking / Q000453:epidemiology*; D013334:Students / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D014029:Tobacco Use Disorder / Q000453:epidemiology*; D055815:Young Adult