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  • Title: [Attitude of high school youth among tobacco smoking habit. Why they do? Why they do not?].
    Author: Pirogowicz I, Hoffmann K, Pirogowicz P, Steciwko A.
    Journal: Przegl Lek; 2005; 62(10):1112-5. PubMed ID: 16521967.
    Abstract:
    Issue of smoking is a big problem among youth. In connection with this statement, very helpful is knowledge about motivation and attitude toward tobacco smoking habit. This is the issue of our research, which we carried out among 289 high school students. In questionnaire we tried to reveal flounce smokers in family and nearest environment. Obtained results showed that almost 20% of respondents are active smokers, and half of them are smoking longer than two years. We also learned that 4% of non-smokers obey parents' prohibition of smoking and only 2% of smokers are taking into account parents opinion.
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