Impact of Smoking on the Family Economy in Nursing Technician Students
Keywords:
Smoking, economic impact, studentsAbstract
Abstract
Introduction: Cigarette smoking is a complex socioeconomic phenomenon. In Cuba, the initiation of cigarette and cigar consumption occurs in adolescence. In this period, many young people are linked to the technical training related to Health Sciences. The observation of a group of first- year Nursing Technician students at 10 de Octubre Faculty of Medical Sciences showed the high prevalence of cigarettes consumption among these students, including the most expensive trademarks.
Objective: Describe the impact of cigarette consumption on the family economy of a group of first- year Nursing Technician students at 10 de Octubre Faculty of Medical Sciences.
Materials and methods: A descriptive study of the impact of cigarette consumption on the family economy of a group of first- year Nursing Technician students was carried out in 2021 – 2022 academic year. Theoretical methods: Inductive – deductive and comparative. Empirical methods: a questionnaire was designed to compare the students’ expenses in cigarettes with their families’ real income. An indicator given by the ratio of expenses to family income was used.
Results: The subgroup consuming 20 cigarettes a day showed an increasing dynamic of the expense/ income indicator due to the intensity of consumption, while the subgroup consuming 10 cigarettes a day showed a decreasing dynamic of the expense/income indicator, according to the intensity of consumption.
Conclusions: The impact of smoking on the family economy of the group of students studied is high. A clear differentiation can be seen regarding the intensity of consumption that corroborates the relationship of the expense/income indicator with respect to the intensity of cigarette consumption.
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