Abstract

CASTRO, Laura Elizabeth et al. Creencias en salud en una población militar joven, en relación con el tabaquismo. Cuadernos de Investigación UNED [online]. 2019, vol.11, n.2, pp.98-101. ISSN 1659-4266.  http://dx.doi.org/10.22458/urj.v11i2.2123.

“Beliefs in health in a young military population, in relation to smoking”. In the military population, tobacco consumption is associated with age, stress, family separation and team pressure. We applied a survey to 29 Colombian cadets whose average age was 22 years. They associate smoking with self-confidence, insomnia, better digestion and pleasure; as well as with cancer, coughing, throat irritation, lung diseases and brain damage. Nevertheles, 42% have smoked, and consume 1 to 5 cigarettes daily.

Keywords : health promotion; tobacco use disorder; health knowledge; attitudes; practice.

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