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Impact Assessment of Repeated Exposure of Organotypic 3D Bronchial and Nasal Tissue Culture Models to Whole Cigarette Smoke
Published on: February 12, 2015
[Establishing smoking habits among adolescents. A study of 9th-grade students]
T Løkeland1, A B Nygård, H R Salbu
1Seksjon for sosialmedisin, Institutt for samfunnsmedisinske fag, Universitetet i Bergen.
Abstract:
A cross-sectional study of 661 9th grade pupils in Bergen municipality was conducted in November 1992. The pupils completed an anonymous questionnaire on their smoking habits. 25% of the girls and 16% of the boys reported smoking daily. Among the daily smokers, the average daily consumption of cigarettes was seven for both sexes. Most of the experimenting with cigarettes took place from the 6th to the 8th grade. Most youngsters tried their first cigarette when outdoors with friends. 27% of the regular smokers reported smoking at home, and 40% at school. In spite of legislation banning the sale of cigarettes to persons below the age of 16 years, 75% of the smokers bought the tobacco themselves.
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