CIGARETTE AND ALCOHOL USE IN THE POPULATION OF PRIMARY SCHOOL STUDENTS IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF DOLJEVAC
Keywords:
Cigarette use, alcohol use, adolescence, preventionAbstract
Introduction:Tobacco and alcohol abuse in the twentieth century has become epidemic in both adults and children in early adolescence.
Aim: To examine the incidence of tobacco and alcohol consumption in eighth grade elementary school students in the territory of Doljevac Municipality.
Material and methods: The examination was of an anonymous nature. Two surveys were conducted from October to December 2020. The first one focused on the frequency of cigarette use and the second on the frequency of alcohol use in a sample of eighth-grade elementary school pupils, both sexes, total of 105 subjects. A tool called the Youth Tobacco Survey (YTS) 2006 Questionnaire, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC, 2006) was used to collect the data, with a specially designed questionnaire. The data collected were analyzed and presented with descriptive statistics.
Results: One-quarter of the subjects 25% had tried cigarettes, including daily smoking for 30 days without interruption, 2.85% of the subjects reported. Currently, 1% of students surveyed use cigarettes. Almost 73.33% of the respondents have tried alcohol, of which more than a third drink 3 or more alcoholic beverages in a row 22%, while the experience of drinking reported 15.5% of the children examined.
Conclusion: Based on the results obtained, it can be concluded that it is necessary to implement prevention programs to reduce tobacco and alcohol use in adolescents. Counselling Services for Youth and Paediatric Departments of Health Care Centres play a very important role in promoting healthy lifestyles in the form of children's health education.
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