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Consciencialização e consumo de tabaco aquecido entre os estudantes do 3º ano da Egas Moniz - Cooperativa de Ensino Superior, CRL
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Objetivo: calcular a prevalência do consumo de tabaco aquecido entre os estudantes do 3.º ano da Egas Moniz e identificar os fatores que influenciam o consumo de tabaco aquecido.
Enquadramento: o tabaco aquecido utiliza um dispositivo que aquece o tabaco para formar um aerossol que contém nicotina, ao invés de o queimar como ocorre com o tabaco de combustão. Este conceito surgiu em 1988, contudo apenas nos últimos anos se registou um aumento exponencial do interesse do público, com a introdução dos mais recentes produtos de tabaco aquecido (PTA) no mercado.
Materiais e Métodos: foi aplicado um questionário adaptado do Global Heatlh Professional Students Survey (GHPSS) da OMS entre maio e julho de 2019 à população em estudo. Posteriormente, foi realizada uma análise exploratória dos dados que facultou informação descritiva, e aplicado um modelo de regressão logística para determinar os fatores que influenciam os estudantes a consumir tabaco aquecido.
Resultados e Discussão: 19,93% dos estudantes fumam; 6,87% fumam tabaco aquecido e 13,06% fumam tabaco de combustão. O estudante com maior probabilidade de fumar PTA foi aquele com idade mais avançada, que considera que os PTA não devem ser proibidos em locais públicos fechados, que não sabe se o tabaco aquecido é mais ou menos prejudicial para a saúde comparado com o tabaco de combustão, e que não sabe, ou não concorda, que substituir o tabaco de combustão por um PTA seja uma abordagem de cessação tabágica.
Conclusão: este estudo pioneiro e de carácter exploratório demonstrou que o consumo de PTA é um problema atual de saúde pública, nomeadamente entre os estudantes universitários, e que constitui um obstáculo à cessação tabágica, fazendo parte da missão dos profissionais de saúde atuar no combate a esta epidemia. No entanto, são necessários mais estudos, principalmente a longo prazo, para aprofundar o conhecimento nesta área.
Aim: To determine the prevalence of heat-not-burn tobacco use among third year students of Egas Moniz, and identify the factors that influence the consumption of this product. Background: heat-not-burn tobacco uses a device that heats tobacco to generate an aerosol containing nicotine, instead of burning it as it happens with combustion tobacco. This concept was introduced in 1988, however only in recent years there was an exponential increase in public interest, with the launch of the latest heated tobacco products (HTPs) in the market. Materials and Methods: a questionnaire adapted from the WHO Global Health Professional Students Survey (GHPSS) was applied between May and July 2019 in the study population. Subsequently an exploratory analysis of the data was carried providing descriptive information, and a logistic regression was applied in order to determinate the factors that influence students to consume heated tobacco. Results and Discussion: 19,93% of students smoke, 6,87% smoke heat-not-burn tobacco and 13,06% smoke combustion tobacco. The students most likely to smoke HTP were the oldest, who consider that HTP shouldn’t be banned in closed public places, who doesn’t know if heated tobacco is more or less harmful compared with conventional cigarettes, and who doesn’t know or disagrees that switching from combustion tobacco to a HTP is an approach to smoking cessation. Conclusion: this pioneer and exploratory study shows that the use of HTP is a current public health problem, namely among college students, and that it’s a barrier to smoking cessation, making part of the health professionals mission to fight this epidemic. However, further studies are needed, mainly long term, to deepen the knowledge in this area.
Aim: To determine the prevalence of heat-not-burn tobacco use among third year students of Egas Moniz, and identify the factors that influence the consumption of this product. Background: heat-not-burn tobacco uses a device that heats tobacco to generate an aerosol containing nicotine, instead of burning it as it happens with combustion tobacco. This concept was introduced in 1988, however only in recent years there was an exponential increase in public interest, with the launch of the latest heated tobacco products (HTPs) in the market. Materials and Methods: a questionnaire adapted from the WHO Global Health Professional Students Survey (GHPSS) was applied between May and July 2019 in the study population. Subsequently an exploratory analysis of the data was carried providing descriptive information, and a logistic regression was applied in order to determinate the factors that influence students to consume heated tobacco. Results and Discussion: 19,93% of students smoke, 6,87% smoke heat-not-burn tobacco and 13,06% smoke combustion tobacco. The students most likely to smoke HTP were the oldest, who consider that HTP shouldn’t be banned in closed public places, who doesn’t know if heated tobacco is more or less harmful compared with conventional cigarettes, and who doesn’t know or disagrees that switching from combustion tobacco to a HTP is an approach to smoking cessation. Conclusion: this pioneer and exploratory study shows that the use of HTP is a current public health problem, namely among college students, and that it’s a barrier to smoking cessation, making part of the health professionals mission to fight this epidemic. However, further studies are needed, mainly long term, to deepen the knowledge in this area.
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Dissertação para obtenção do grau de Mestre no Instituto Universitário Egas Moniz
Keywords
Tabaco aquecido Prevalência Saúde pública Estudantes universitários