Today of one of the most actual medico-social problems of a modern society the wide circulation of smoking among youth is. A research purpose is study prevalence and intensity of a tobacco smoking and tobacco dependence among youth.
ResultsThe research was established that 15,4% of teenagers at the age from 12 till 16 years tried to smoke and 7,2% - smoke regularly.
Among pupils of 10–11 classes average degree of nicotinic dependence was diagnosed for 21,8% of young smokers, high degree - at 10,3%.
Despite high prevalence of smoking among teenagers the majority of boys (65,1%) and girls (64,8%) would like to refuse this bad habit and 77,4% from them tried to make it within last year.
Among student's youth smoke 57,8%. Weak dependence is found out in 32,7% person, moderated - at 49,5% and strong - at 12,3% of students. The reasons of occurrence of a habit to a tobacco smoking students name problems in educational activity (10,4%), curiosity (20,2%), desire to mature (22,7%), influence of the friends familiar, the nearest environment (48,4%).