FROMETA RODRIGUEZ, Omar; PONCE LAGUARDIA, Tania Maité    BATTES SARRIA, Ricardo Arsenio. Characteristics of the smoking habit in the adolescents of the pre-university institute: Frank País, of the municipality of Lajas. []. , 15, 66, pp. 180-184.   02--2019. ISSN 1990-8644.

According to the World Health Organization (WHO), tobacco is the leading cause of disability and premature death in the world. Adolescence is a stage of risk for the initiation of tobacco use. There are many adolescents and young people who start in the consumption of this substance. The objective of the research is to characterize the habit of smoking among adolescents of the Pre-University Institute: Frank País, from the municipality of Lajas. A descriptive, cross-sectional study was used as a methodology, which corresponds to the quantum-qualitative research approach. Aspects such as the beginning stage of the habit of smoking, the periods or the days to smoke, the knowledge of the parents about the habit of smoking of their children, the approval of these in relation to their behavior, the reasons that the teenagers follow to smoke for the first time, the presence of a condition associated with smoking, as well as coexistence with families dependent on tobacco. The results obtained are conclusive allowing to characterize the habit of smoking in the adolescents of the Pre-university Institute: Frank País, from the municipality of Lajas.

: Adolescents; smoking habit.

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