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ALBANIAN MEDICAL JOURNAL SUPPLEMENTGlobal Youth Tobacco Survey (GYTS) in AlbaniaRoland Shuperka 1 , Ledina Hoxha 2 , Krist Kocani 3 , Redona Shuperka 21Institute of Public Health, Tirana, Albania;2The Association of Health Professionals Against Tobacco and Alcohol;3For Tobacco Free Albania.Aim: The purpose of this study was to collect dataon young peoples smoking prevalence, knowledgeand attitudes related to tobacco use, exposure tomedia messages on smoking and to environmentaltobacco smoke, and the inclusion of healtheducation about tobacco use in school curricula inAlbania.Methods: Target group were pupils fromelementary schools attending the seventh, the eighthand and the ninth grades in Albania. Overall, 59representative schools were included in the survey,with 4771 pupils in the age of 13-15 years.Results: According to the survey findings, 11.5 %of schoolchildren were current smokers (17.6%boys and 6.3% girls). More than three out of tenever smokers initiated smoking before the age of10 years. Four out of ten pupils lived at homeswhere other people smoked. A large proportion ofpupils had experimented with tobacco, more thenfive out of ten of pupils in the overall sample. About65% of schoolchildren reported exposure tosecond-hand smoke in places outside their homes.About 83% of schoolchildren were not refusedwhen buying tobacco products despite their youngage.Conclusion: Awareness campaigns on the dangersof cigarette smoking need to be intensified inAlbania. Our data suggest a decreasing age ofinitiation of cigarette use among Albanianadolescents. Therefore, measures on tobacco controland prevention should be implemented and includethe following elements: schools-based programs onsmoking cessation and prevention, restriction ofexposure to second-hand smoke, media campaigns,and prohibition of availability of tobacco productsto minors.Keywords: global youth tobaccosurvey, pupils, smoking.80 ALBANIAN MEDICAL JOURNAL SUPPLEMENT
INTERNATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH CONFERENCE IN TIRANA, ALBANIAGlobal Health Professional Student Survey (GHPSS)among Albanian medical studentsMeriglena Rusta 1 , Artenida Duraku 2 , Ledina Hoxha 2 , Redona Shuperka 21Tirana Regional Health Authority, Tirana, Albania;2Tobacco Free Albania, NGO.Aim: To determine the tobacco use and cessationcounseling among health-professional students.Methods: The GHPSS was a school-based surveywith a focus on third-year medical students.Results: The prevalence of ever-smoked cigarettesfor medical students was 65.0%. About 23% ofthe students currently smoked cigarettes, but 52 %of them wanted to quit smoking. ETS exposurewas over 5 in 10 students live in homes where otherssmoke in their presence and over 8 in 10 wereexposed to smoke in enclosed public places in thepast week. The data showed that 88.7% of medicalstudents recognized that they are role models insociety. Over 97.2% of medical students consideredthey should receive training on counseling andtreating patients to quit using tobacco. However,21.1% of medical students have received formaltraining.Conclusion: The GHPSS has shown significantneeds for cessation assistance among healthprofession students as well as gaps in professionaltraining to provide similar effective assistance to theirfuture patients. The GHPSS is helpful in evaluatingthe behavior and attitudes regarding tobacco amonghealth professional students, but additional researchis necessary to improve the evidence base foreffective tobacco-related curricula, especiallymaterials that are appropriate for a range of culturaland economic circumstances pretinenent to Albania.Keywords: Global Health Professional Student Survey, smoking, students, tobacco.ALBANIAN MEDICAL JOURNAL SUPPLEMENT81
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