[Smoking and school children: context, opinions and behavior]
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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
J R Villalbí1, R Vives, M Nebot
1Institut Municipal de la Salut, Ajuntament de Barcelona. jrvillal@imsb.bcn.es
Background:
This paper studies smoking epidemiology in school-age students.
Material And Methods:
A cross-sectional survey of 8th grade students (13-14 years-old) in the schools of Barcelona (Catalonia, Spain) in 1987, 1992 and 1994.
Results:
The perception of smoking in the students environment has decreased. The proportion of regular smokers decreases, from 12.6% in 1987 to 9.5% in 1994 (p < 0.05) (an annual decrease of 3.5%) although the proportion who experiment with tobacco remains table.
Conclusions:
There is a decrease in the prevalence of regular smoking in the school-age population (13-14 years-old) in Barcelona (Spain).
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