Publicación:

Estudio sobre abandono del consumo de tabaco en estudiantes universitarios

Resumen

The aim of this work was to promote psychological strategies abandonment of snuff consumption, thus reducing the risk of chronic diseases and to know the reasons for leaving cigarette consumption in students of the Cooperative University of Colombia at Santa Marta. This, in order to contribute to improving the quality of life, as in developed countries is the leading preventable cause of morbidity and mortality, relating this pandemic disease of lung cancer, ischemic cerebrovascular disease. Significantly, if this pandemic is prevented could save lives and reduce significant costs to the country. This phase of quitting the snuff was made through the implementation of a program that is given to University Welfare, using different strategies to decrease the high rate of the smoking population and in turn to passive smoking causes you serious damage to your health.