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      Usos alternativos del dinero dedicado a fumar y valoración del riesgo por exposición al humo de tabaco ambiental Translated title: Alternative uses of the money spent in smoking and assessment of the risk for exposure to the environmental cigarette smoke

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          En la lucha antitabáquica, lo referente al costo que el tabaquismo representa para el fumador, su familia, las instituciones de salud y la sociedad no ha sido incluido con frecuencia. Los objetivos de esta investigación fueron identificar en qué emplearían los fumadores y los no fumadores el dinero que los primeros dedican a su adicción, así como describir en ambos grupos la valoración del daño producido por el humo de tabaco ambiental. Se emplearon 3 cohortes que incluyeron 1 104 personas, pareadas por sexo y edad (± 5 años). Entre los resultados más significativos se observó que la alimentación fue la alternativa de uso del dinero más recurrida por ambos grupos. Aunque 9 de cada 10 encuestados valoraron como dañina la exposición al humo de tabaco ambiental, la mayor proporción de ellos fueron no fumadores. Puede concluirse que los fumadores asumen sus adicciones conscientes de que renuncian a otras actividades de la vida cotidiana, así como que en el desarrollo de las estrategias actuales en el país contra el tabaquismo es aún insuficiente el énfasis sobre la dimensión social que tiene la conducta de fumar.

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          The cost that smoking represents for the smoker, his family, the health institutions, and society has not been frequently dealt with in the fight against smoking. The objectives of this research were to identify how the smokers and non-smokers would spend the money the first devote to their addiction, as well as to describe the assessment of the damage produced by the environmental cigarette smoke in both groups. 3 cohorts were used, that included 1 104 persons matched by sex and age (± 5 years old). Among the most significant results, it was observed that food was the most used alternative for the money in both groups. Although 9 out of 10 of the surveyed considered as harmful the exposure to the environmental cigarette smoke, most of them were non-smokers. It was concluded that smokers assume their addictions aware of the fact that they renounce to other daily life activities, and that in the development of the current strategies against smoking in the country, the emphasis made on the social dimension of the smoking behavior is not enough.

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            Tobacco use by youth: a surveillance report from the Global Youth Tobacco Survey project

            The Global Youth Tobacco Survey (GYTS) project was developed by the World Health Organization and the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to track tobacco use among youth in countries across the world, using a common methodology and core questionnaire. The GYTS is school based and employs a two-stage sample design to produce representative data on smoking among students aged 13-15 years. The first stage consists of a probabilistic selection of schools, and the second consists of a random selection of classes from the participating schools. All students in the selected classes are eligible for the survey. In 1999, the GYTS was conducted in 13 countries and is currently in progress in over 30 countries. This report describes data from 12 countries: Barbados, China, Costa Rica, Fiji, Jordan, Poland, the Russian Federation (Moscow), South Africa, Sri Lanka, Ukraine (Kiev), Venezuela, and Zimbabwe. The findings show that tobacco use in the surveyed age group ranged from a high of 33% to a low of 10%. While the majority of current smokers wanted to stop smoking, very few were able to attend a cessation programme. In most countries the majority of young people reported seeing advertisements for cigarettes in media outlets, but anti-tobacco advertising was rare. The majority of young people reported being taught in school about the dangers of smoking. Environmental tobacco smoke exposure was very high in all countries. These results show that the GYTS surveillance system is enhancing the capacity of countries to design, implement, and evaluate tobacco prevention and control programmes.
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              La epidemia de tabaquismo: Epidemiología, factores de riesgo y medidas de prevención

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                Revista Cubana de Higiene y Epidemiología
                Rev Cubana Hig Epidemiol
                Editorial Ciencias Médicas (Ciudad de la Habana )
                1561-3003
                August 2004
                : 42
                : 2
                : 0
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                [1 ] Instituto Nacional de Higiene, Epidemiología y Microbiología (INHEM). Cuba
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                a584cab3-b2af-4066-8215-540333809d99

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                HEALTH CARE SCIENCES & SERVICES
                HEALTH POLICY & SERVICES

                Health & Social care,Public health
                Alternatives to the use of the personal income,smokers,non-smokers,assessment of health damage,Alternativas de uso del ingreso personal,fumadores,no fumadores,valoración de daños a la salud

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