RT Journal Article
T1 Gender and Tobacco Consumption among University Students
A1 Martins Teixeira da Costa, Emilia
A1 Merino Godoy, María Ángeles
A1 Monteiro Lopes Almeida, Maria Manuela
A1 Monteiro Conceição Silva, Alexandra Maria
A1 Gamboa Martins Nave, Filipe Jorge
AB In 2019, an estimated 155 million people aged between 15 and 24 were smokers. It is alsoknown that 82.6% of current smokers started smoking between 14 and 25 years old. Tobacco uses inadolescents and young adults can lead to the development of serious and potentially life-threateninghealth problems. The aim of the present investigation is to identify and describe the practices relatedto the consumption of tobacco products and their distribution according to gender among students atthe University of Algarve. This is an exploratory, cross-sectional study with a quantitative approach.For inferential statistics, a non-parametric analysis (χ2) was performed. The sample consisted of326 university students, 75.5% female, with an average age of 26.03 years. In this sample, 45% ofmen and 57.7% of women reported never having smoked. In male students, the pattern of combinedconsumption is more frequent, with female students preferring conventional cigarettes. Statisticallysignificant differences were found between genders for the pattern of tobacco consumption, thenumber of colleagues/peers who smoke, the opinion about tobacco-free outdoor spaces and theknowledge about new forms of tobacco/nicotine consumption. The university campus is identifiedby students as the second space where they most consume tobacco products and where they are mostexposed to tobacco smoke. This fact forces a reflection on the strategies to be implemented to developa healthier university
PB MDPI
SN 1661-7827
SN 1660-4601 (electrónico)
YR 2022
FD 2022-11
LK https://hdl.handle.net/10272/21376
UL https://hdl.handle.net/10272/21376
LA eng
NO Teixeira-da-Costa, E.-I. M., Merino-Godoy, M.-A., Almeida, M. M. M. L., Silva, A. M. M. C., & Nave, F. J. G. M. (2022). Gender and Tobacco Consumption among University Students. In International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (Vol. 19, Issue 22, p. 14772). MDPI AG. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph192214772
DS Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Huelva
RD 13 jun 2026