title: [The reasons of smoking cigarettes among students in Poznan universities--a comparative study].
abstract: Smoking cigarettes is one of the most common factor disturbing health and a part of negative life style. The aim of the study was to estimate the frequencies of smoking cigarettes and their conditions among students of two Poznan universities: Poznan University of Medical Sciences and Poznan University and three lines: physiotherapy, midwifery, psychology. 84 persons participated in the study. 22.6% of them were smoking and almost 80% were not smoking. 51% persons smoked in the past. Author's questionnaire of own concept used in the study. The research was conducted according to law of care about personal data.
  
  
  RESULTS
  9.5% smoking responders did it after breakfast, 16.6 % at working place during breaks. The data show that stress is a main reason of smoking. Almost 9.5% smoke during brakes at work and in social circumstances. According to opinion of examined group, the joy, relax are the effects of smoking. There were no significant differences and correlations between fear as a state and character and smoking. However the frequency of smoking in the group was lower in comparison to medium values in population of central part of Europe in a group of women. There was no correlation between sex and the frequency of smoking. The frequency of smoking in a group was lower in comparison to data from Central Europe region.
authors.affiliation: Katedra Nauk o Zdrowiu, Uniwersytet Medyczny im. Karola Marcinkowskiego w Poznaniu. ewamojs@ump.edu.pl
authors.forename: Ewa
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Mojs
authors.forename: Marcin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Cybulski
authors.forename: Wojciech
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Strzelecki
authors.forename: Ewa
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Gajewska
authors.forename: Maria Danuta
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Głowacka
authors.forename: Włodzimierz
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Samborski
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005060:Europe / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008019:Life Style; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011044:Poland / Q000453:epidemiology; D012907:Smoking / Q000453:epidemiology*; D013334:Students / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013997:Time Factors; D014495:Universities / Q000145:classification / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D055815:Young Adult