title: [The study of knowledge and attitudes related to smoking habit among students of chosen specializations in Poland and Belarus].
abstract: Today, the essentials problem of society is addiction to smoking. The aim of presented study was a comparative analysis of knowledge and attitudes related to smoking habit among students of chosen specializations in Poland and Belarus. All information were collected from the pool questionnaire, which was filled in by each person independently. The questionnaire study was curried out on 806 people: 483 of them study on Yanka Kupala State University of Grodno and 323 of them study in The Institute of Cosmetology and Health Care in Bialystok. They were guaranteed anonymity. The research touched such questions as beginning and reasons of smoking, number of smoked cigarettes, about the environment of the interviewed persons, knowledge about diseases connected with smoking, trials to break smoking cigarettes.
authors.affiliation: Zakład Chemii, Wyzsza Szkoła Kosmetologii i Ochrony Zdrowia w Białymstoku. biuro@wskosm.pl
authors.forename: Ewa
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Kleszczewska
authors.forename: Agata
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Jaszczuk
authors.forename: Andrzej
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Szpakow
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D015984:Causality; D015897:Comorbidity; D004651:Employment / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005260:Female; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011044:Poland / Q000453:epidemiology; D011159:Population Surveillance; D012111:Residence Characteristics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D012907:Smoking / Q000453:epidemiology*; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D013334:Students / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D055815:Young Adult