Beliefs significantly associated to the consumption and no consumption of tobacco in school students at the Valencia city,

in Spain.

Bueno-Cañigral, F.J.1; Morales-Manrique, C.C. 2; Aleixandre-Benavent, R.2; Valderrama-Zurián, J.C.3

1. Plan Municipal Drogodependencias (PMD). Ayuntamiento de Valencia. Spain.2. Unidad de Información e Investigación Social y Sanitaria (UISYS). Universitat de València-CSIC. Valencia, Spain.

3. Generalitat Valenciana.Valencia, Spain.

AIMAIMTo determine the beliefs significantly associated with the consumption and no consumption of tobacco in school students in Spain.

METHODMETHOD

The sample is 1324 students, 48% (n = 631) male, mean age 14.89 (SD=3.12).

Was given a "Pre-Chat Survey on Drug Addiction; during 2007-2008", elaborated by the professionals of the Plan Municipal de Drogodependencias (PMD) of the Ayuntamiento de Valencia; administered in 21 schools in the Valencia City.

It was applied logistical regressions, using as covariable the age, to determine the association among each one of the beliefs with three dependent variables related to smoking tobacco: i) occasional consumption (eg. weekends), ii) daily consumption, and iii) not to have consumed it.

RESULTSRESULTS

Among those that answer to consume occasionally (e.g. weekends), the associated beliefs are:

CONCLUSIONSCONCLUSIONS

Sense of control on consumption, and beliefs that smoking does not harms people of surroundings and does not cause other problems are with high potential related to occasionally consumption in youth. On other hand, beliefs with potential to induce resiliency on smoking are that smoking causes negative effects on physical and mental health, causes problems or accidents in many life areas (scholar, labour, traffic, etc) and in people of surroundings, plus the perception that negative effects can occur also when is perceived that the consumption is control.

Web to download poster: http://www.valencia.es/pmd http://www.cendocbogani.org

Funded by:Funded by: Collaboration agreement between the Plan Municipal de Drogodependencias (PMD), Ayuntamiento de Valencia and Univetsitat de València.

Surveys conducted by: Serrano, A.; Benito, B.

Beliefs potentially associated with not having consumed the tobacco are:

It has negative effects on health

(OR=2.00)

It causes many accidents (labour,

traffic, etc.) (OR=1.88)

Responding negatively "if you control nothing

happens" (OR=2.84)

NOT HAVING NOT HAVING CONSUMED THE CONSUMED THE

TOBACCOTOBACCO

Causes family, labour, scholar or social problems

(OR=1.78)

Harms people of surroundings

(OR=1.96)

It can cause mental illnesses

(OR=1.80)

To respond negatively that “it

doesn’t cause problems” (OR=3.05)

Sometimes can lead to commit crimes

(OR=2.02)

If you control nothing happens

(OR=3.66)

It does not harms people of surroundings

(OR=1.77)

It does not cause problems (OR=2.54)

CONSUME CONSUME OCCASIONALLY OCCASIONALLY

TOBACCOTOBACCO (e.g. weekends)(e.g. weekends)

•The 2010 NIDA International Research poster session

•The College on Problems of Drug Dependence (CPDD)

72nd Annual Meeting.

June 12-17, 2010. Scottsdale, Arizona, USA