Prevalence and attitude towards smoking in first, third and fifth-year pharmacy students in Spain: PRECOTABAC study.

AIM OF THIS STUDY: The aim of this study is to calculate smoking prevalence among first, third and fifth-year pharmacy students in Spain, and to describe their attitude towards giving up smoking. METHODS: Cross-sectional multi-center study using an ad hoc self-administered questionnaire in first, third and fifth-year pharmacy students at seven Spanish universities. Bivariate analysis with chi-square and Student's t-test, statistical significance p<0.05. RESULTS: Smoking prevalence: 34.92%. The smokers smoke 31.04 (SD=43.182) cigarettes/week on average. Pharmacy students have a positive attitude towards giving up smoking, with differences between year groups (p=0.036). CONCLUSIONS: Four in ten pharmacy students in Spain smoke every day by the time they finish their degree. Smoking prevalence is lower in the first few years of the degree and increases over time. Students also have a positive attitude towards giving up smoking, and are in favor of measures that can be taken to try to stop people smoking.

Conocimiento sobre tabaco y sus métodos de deshabituación entre los estudiantes de 1º, 3º y 5º curso de Farmacia en España. Estudio PRECOTABAC. Parte II / No disponible

Objetivos: Los estudiantes generalmente no reconocen al tabaco como una de las principales causas de enfermedades, por lo que se plantea estudiar el conocimiento del tabaco y los métodos de deshabituación tabáquica del alumno de 1º, 3º y 5º curso de la licenciatura de Farmacia en España. Pacientes y método: Estudio multicéntrico observacional descriptivo transversal con componente analítico desarrollado mediante un cuestionario "ad hoc" y autocumplimentado por los alumnos de 1º, 3º y 5º de Farmacia de siete Facultades de Farmacia españolas. Resultados: Se totalizaron 922 cuestionarios, observándose que el grado de conocimiento de tabaco del alumno de 1º y 3º de Farmacia de España está en su mayoría en un percentil medio-bajo, mientras que el mayor porcentaje de 5º tiene un percentil alto (p<0,001). Al aumentar el curso aumenta también el conocimiento del tabaco y disminuye ser extranjero y ser fumador (p<0,001). En el grado de conocimiento sobre métodos de deshabituación tabáquica, el alumno de 5º obtiene su mayor porcentaje en percentil alto (p<0,001). Influyen positivamente el curso académico y ser extranjero. Ser fumador influye de forma negativa, sabiendo menos cuanto más se fuma. No se encontraron diferencias en el conocimiento del tabaco (p=0,528) y en el conocimiento sobre métodos de deshabituación tabáquica (p=0,508) según el género. Conclusiones: Cuatro de cada diez alumnos de Farmacia al terminar su licenciatura consigue un buen nivel de conocimientos sobre tabaco y tres de cada diez conocen los métodos de deshabituación tabáquica(AU)

Aim: Students generally do not recognize the snuff as a major cause of disease, so it is to study the knowledge of tobacco and methods of smoking cessation student's 1 st, 3 rd and 5 th year of the undergraduate of Pharmacy in Spain. Patients and methods: Cross-sectional observational multicenter study with an analytical component developed through a questionnaire "ad hoc" and self-completed by the students of 1, 3 and 5 of Pharmacy Faculty of Pharmacy of seven selected Spanish. Results: He totaled 922 questionnaires, showing that the degree of knowledge of tobacco the student of 1 and 3 of Pharmacy of Spain is mostly on a percentile medium-low, while the highest percentage of 5 ° has a percentile higher (p <0.001) . By increasing the current also increases the knowledge of being a foreigner and decreases snuff and smoking (p <0.001). The degree of knowledge about smoking cessation methods, the student gets 5 th percentile for the most high percentage (p <0.001). Positively influence the academic year and a foreigner. Being a smoker has a negative influence, knowing the more you smoke less. There were no differences in knowledge of snuff (p = 0.528) and knowledge about methods of smoking cessation (p = 0.508) according to gender. Conclusions: Four out of ten students complete their undergraduate Pharmacy achieved a good level of knowledge of snuff and only three in ten know the methods to quit smoking(AU)