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Awareness and experience of Grade 2 pupils in selected primary schools on oral forms of tobacco and nicotine
Trojáková, Kateřina ; Váchová, Alena (advisor) ; Syřiště, Ivo (referee)
Introduction: nicotine is very popular nowadays, especially among teenagers. Smokeless forms of tobacco products and their prevalence in primary school are a much neglected problem. In the Czech Republic, 2 300 000 people smoke, 26 % of whom are over 18 years of age. Objectives: The aim of the study was to map the personal experience and awareness of oral tobacco use among Grade 2 pupils in a selected primary school. Methods: quantitative research was chosen to obtain the necessary data. The questionnaire was created in paper form and also online in the Survio.com platform. The questionnaires were distributed to the students in paper form through chemistry and computer science classes. The data collected was processed in Microsoft Excel. The questionnaire survey consisted of 2 parts. In the first part, I examined the age, gender and personal experience with tobacco products of the students. In the second part, I investigated their awareness regarding oral forms of tobacco products. Results: A total of 112 respondents from 7th, 8th, 9th grade aged 13 to 16 years participated in the study, of which 18.8% had ever used tobacco (nicotine) products in their lives. A total of 6,3 % of respondents had used tobacco (nicotine) products in the last 30 days. The most common forms of nicotine were conventional...
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