SMOKING PREVALENCE AMONG STUDENTS IN THE
TOBACCO GROWING REGION OF ITAJAÍ VALLEY,
BRAZIL, GYTS, 2007
Authors: Letícia Casado*; Elaine Masson*; Liz Almeida*; Tania Cavalcanti*
Brazilian National Cancer Institute. Rua dos Inválidos 212 / 3º floor
Brazil, Rio de Janeiro, RJ
BACKGROUND
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RESULTS
The WHO consider smoking as a pediatric disease.
The Ministry of Health wants to reduce the trial and
initiation.
Brazil has several tobacco growing
municipalities and hasn't information on
the profile of young people who live in these
municipalities and
that in wide majority
of work in the
planting of smoke with their parents and
relatives.
• PARTICIPATED IN SEARCH: 2,079 students of 35 schools in 11 municipalities
eligible.
• EVER TRIED CIGARETTES: compared with the state capital, Florianópolis
that conducted the study in 2004, there was no difference in testing by
gender, 30%.
Male
28.2% (24.5 – 32.0)
Total
24.6% (20.2 –29.0)
Female
21.7% (13.2 – 30.1)
OBJECTIVES
METHODOLOGY
• PREVALENCE: In relation to the prevalence (6.1%, CI95% 3.5 - 8.7), it was
higher among boys (8.4%, CI95% 4.9 - 11.9) than girls (4.1%, CI95% 2.4 - 5.9).
This difference among boys and girls was statistically significant.
Survey of school between 7th and 8th grades of elementary school and 1
grade of secondary schools in 11 districts of the Valley Itajaí. Prevalence was
estimated using the Stata 8.1.
Total
6.1% (3.5 –8.7)
Female
4.1% (2.4 – 5.9)
Compared with the state capital,
Florianópolis, that conducted the
study in 2004, the prevalence
among female smokers in Itajaí
Valley was three times lower.
Male
8.4% (4.9 – 11.9)
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Itajaí
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state capital: 12.1%
Valley:
4.1%
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Graphic 1: Prevalence of smoking for
women, GYTS - Brazil
CONCLUSION
The study shows that the testing of cigarettes in this group is high and
similar to the one found in the capital. We found a statistically significant
difference in the prevalence of smoking by gender. The prevalence of smoking
for women was the lowest found when we analyzed data from Global Youth
Tobacco Survey to Brazilian cities.
Itajaí Valley, Santa
Catarina state, Brazil
Projeto Gráfico: Seção de Edição Técnico-Científica / DIETC / CEDC / INCA
To estimate the prevalence of smoking in school the tobacco growing
region.