PREVALENCE OF NICOTINE DEPENDENCE AMONG TEENAGE GIRLS IN ODESSA REGION

Authors

  • Aram Antashyan State institution "Odesa Regional Center for Disease Control and Prevention of the Ministry of Health of Ukraine"
  • Lydia Stepanova State institution "Odesa Regional Center for Disease Control and Prevention of the Ministry of Health of Ukraine"
  • Tetyana Doroshenko State institution "Odesa Regional Center for Disease Control and Prevention of the Ministry of Health of Ukraine"
  • Tetyana Panasiuk State institution "Odesa Regional Center for Disease Control and Prevention of the Ministry of Health of Ukraine"
  • Tetyana Kelesh State institution "Odesa Regional Center for Disease Control and Prevention of the Ministry of Health of Ukraine"
  • Yuliia Maksymenko State institution "Odesa Regional Center for Disease Control and Prevention of the Ministry of Health of Ukraine" https://orcid.org/000-0003-4636-198Х

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.30888/2663-5712.2024-24-00-077

Keywords:

girls, teenagers, tobacco, smoking, the Fagerstrom Test for Nicotine Dependence

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to investigate the prevalence of tobacco smoking among teenage girls (10-19 years old) of the Odesa region and determine the level of nicotine dependence among girls who smoke. To study the level of tobacco dependence, we use

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Improving the health and wellbeing of children and adolescents: guidance on scheduled child and adolescent well-care visits. Geneva, World Health Organization; 2023. https://www.who.int/publications/i/item/9789240085336

World Health Organization, UNICEF. Investing in our future: a comprehensive agenda for the health and well-being of children and adolescents. Geneva: World Health Organization; 2021. https://www.who.int/publications/i/item/9789240037793

Closing the gap in a generation: health equity through action on the social determinants of health. Final report of the Commission on Social Determinants of Health. Geneva, World Health Organization; 2008. https://www.who.int/publications/i/item/WHO-IER-CSDH-08.1

WHO report on the global tobacco epidemic, 2023 Protect people from tobacco smoke. Geneva, World Health Organization; 2008. https://www.who.int/publications/i/item/9789240077164

Heatherton, T.F., Kozlowski, L.T., Frecker, R.C., Fagerstrom, K. 1991. The Fagerstrom Test for Nicotine Dependence: a revision of the Fagerstrom Tolerance Questionnaire. British Journal of Addiction. 86. Р. 1119 ‒ 1127.

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Published

2024-03-30

How to Cite

Анташян, А., Степанова, Л., Дорошенко, Т., Панасюк, Т., Кєлєш, Т., & Максименко, Ю. (2024). PREVALENCE OF NICOTINE DEPENDENCE AMONG TEENAGE GIRLS IN ODESSA REGION. SWorldJournal, 4(24-04), 3–8. https://doi.org/10.30888/2663-5712.2024-24-00-077

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