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Hacia la Promoción de la Salud

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COGOLLO, Zuleima  and  GOMEZ-BUSTAMANTE, Edna M. RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN CIGARETTE SMOKING, ALCOHOL AND ILLEGAL SUBSTANCES AMONG ADOLESCENT STUDENTS IN CARTAGENA, COLOMBIA, 2012. Hacia promoc. Salud [online]. 2013, vol.18, n.1, pp.110-117. ISSN 0121-7577.

Objective: To establish the relationship between cigarette smoking during the previous month to the study, abusive alcohol consumption and illegal substance use among adolescent students from Cartagena, Colombia. Method: A cross-sectional analytical study was carried out in which students, aged between 13 and 17 years old participated. The relationship between cigarette smoking the previous month to the study and abusive alcohol consumption and illegal substance use sometime during their lives was estimated. Results: A total of 1,730 students participated in the research; the mean age was 14.7 years (SD = 1.2), and 52.7% of participants were girls. Eighty seven students (5.0%) reported previous month to the study cigarette smoking; 180 (10.4%), abusive alcohol consumption; and 140 (8.1%), illegal substance use sometime during their lives. After adjusting the research by sex, cigarette smoking the previous month to the study was associated with abusive alcohol consumption (OR = 3.41; 95% CI 2.06-5.65) and illegal substance use sometime during their lives (OR = 4.99; 95% CI 3.00-8.29). Conclusions: Cigarette smoking in the previous month to the study is associated with abusive alcohol consumption and use of some illegal substance sometimes during their lives among adolescent students from Cartagena, Colombia. Comprehensive prevention of substance use in adolescent students is needed.

Keywords : Disorder coused by tobacco use; alcohol consumption; substance-related disorders; adolescent; students.

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