Consumo de tabaco en el Centro de Salud Pasaje

Abstract

Abstract:Tobacco use is the cause of more than seven million deaths annually and represents at least 1.4 trillion dollars in health spending worldwide. The objective of the present investigation was to evaluate the effectiveness of an intervention strategy aimed at tobacco consumption. A quasi-experimental study was conducted. The participating population consisted of 154 smokers, of which 32 participated in the intervention phase. Measures of central tendency, absolute frequencies and percentages were calculated, and to evaluate the effectiveness of the intervention, the paired samples Student t test was performed. It was found that 59.7% of the participants were male, the average age was 37 years. 46.1% declared that they live with a partner, the average level of education prevailed and 61.6% of those surveyed carried out some economic activity. In the majority, the level of consumption was mild and the nicotinic dependence strong.