Распространенность табакокурения среди студентов Тихоокеанского государственного медицинского университета

318 students from the Pacific State Medical University were questioned with special questionnaires in 2009-2011 to study the incidence of tobacco smoking among students. 32.1 % of respondents had been smoking, among which 37.9 % were young men and 28 % young women. With regard to the 1 st and 6 th years of education, the number of smokers has risen, as the period of study has advanced: from 21.9 to 43.3 % among young men, and from 10.7 to 46.0 % among young women. Despite of the fact that by the 6th year of education the degree of nicotine addiction increased, there was an increasing motivation to give up smoking.