[Health attitudes and behaviors of students of the faculty of dentistry Jagiellonian university collegium medicum towards tobacco smoking].
Smoking is a serious medical and social problem in Poland. In a very specific way it affects youth and students because in this period of life health behaviours and habits are formed. The aim of the research was the valuation of the scale of smoking habits, attitude and knowledge of this problem among dental students of CMUJ. The research included 345 students. The study was based on special questionnaire. The results allowed to claim that the frequency of smoking among dental students was lower then among general Polish population. Dental students were conscious how harmful smoking and passive cigarette smoking to health is. They understood their role in anti-nicotine actions, but had a low opinion about the effectiveness of such actions.
Katedra i Zakład Periodontologii i Klinicznej Patologii Jamy Ustnej IS UJCM w Krakowie. mdgajews@cyf-kr.edu.pl
Maria
M
Chomyszyn-Gajewska
Agnieszka
A
Cabała
Jorma
J
Virtanen
D000328:Adult; D001294:Attitude to Health; D004497:Education, Dental; D005179:Faculty, Dental / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005260:Female; D015438:Health Behavior; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D008019:Life Style; D008297:Male; D010379:Peer Group; D011044:Poland; D012575:Schools, Dental; D012907:Smoking / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology*; D016540:Smoking Cessation / Q000523:psychology*; D013335:Students, Dental / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014495:Universities; D055815:Young Adult