Abstract

QUINZAN LUNA, Ana María et al. Prevalence of nicotine addiction among adolescents in "Argenis Burgos" junior high school. MEDISAN [online]. 2015, vol.19, n.10, pp.1232-1237. ISSN 1029-3019.

An observational, descriptive and cross-sectional study of 131 students from the "Argenis Burgos" junior high school, assisted in the Stomatological Department of Julián Grimau García" University Polyclinic in Santiago de Cuba, was carried out from April, 2013 to the same period of 2014, to determine the prevalence of nicotine addiction among ninth-grade students, for which an anonymous questionnaire was applied. The percentage was used as a summary measure. Smoking habit predominated in the series, without differences related to sex, and lack of knowledge about the damage caused by nicotine addiction to the general and oral health

Keywords : adolescent; cigar; oral health; drug; junior high school.

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