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[The problem of tobacco addiction among high-school teenagers]
Anna Basa1, Dorota Mocarska, Maria Buczyńska-Górna
1Katedra Pielegniarstwa Pediatrycznego, Uniwersytetu Medycznego im. Karola Marcinkowskiego w Poznaniu. kpielped@ump.edu.pl
Abstract:
Tobacco addiction is a serious health and economic problem concerning the whole globe. High-school teenagers are a group of society whose habits, knowledge about harmfulness of smoking tobacco have an influence on future development. The aim of the thesis was to define the problem of high-school teenagers' addiction to nicotine. The research was conducted among 341 young people from different high schools. The research group consisted of students: High School no. 11 and, Artistic High School in Poznan, High School in Klodawa and two schools in Norway, Askim Ungdomskole--teenager school and Videregaende Skole in Askim--high school. The representative sample group numbered: 287 in Poland and 54 persons in Norway. Smoking cigarettes and addiction to nicotine is considered to be a medical problem, which is related to the occurrence of many diseases, as well as a social problem which regards the biggest part of youths.
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