Open AccessSmoking prevalence and tobacco exposure among adolescents in Cyprus
Author(s) -
Maria Karekla,
A. Symeou,
Haritini Tsangari,
Margarita Kapsou,
Marios Constantinou
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
european journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.056
H-Index - 91
eISSN - 1464-360X
pISSN - 1101-1262
DOI - 10.1093/eurpub/ckp064
Subject(s) - psychosocial , medicine , environmental health , stratified sampling , intervention (counseling) , smoking prevalence , smoking prevention , population , smoke , demography , public health , psychiatry , geography , nursing , sociology , pathology , meteorology
Smoking has been internationally recognized as an epidemic contributing to major health problems. Smoking contributes to most of the preventable deaths worldwide. Although Cyprus is considered among developed countries with high smoking prevalence (estimates of 25-35% of the population), not much has been done for the systematic scientific study of this problem, especially in adolescence. The present study aimed to investigate smoking prevalence and related factors among Cypriot adolescents.
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