Consumo de tabaco y dependencia de la nicotina en los moradores mayores a 18 años de la Cooperativa 25 de Julio del sector San Eduardo, entre el periodo mayo 2022 abril 2023.

Abstract

Smoking is the action of consuming tobacco and that this causes a consecutive process of smoking, since one of the components (nicotine) causes a psychoactive change that develops silent addiction, qualified as a public health emergency due to its high rates of increase. over the years, leaving evidence of the need to understand the dependence on said product; Objective: To determine the degree of dependence on Nicotine and tobacco consumption through the Fagerstrom test in people over 18 years of age from the cooperative 25 de Julio in the San Eduardo Sector; Methodology: Descriptive, quantitative, prospective, transversal. Population: residents of the San Eduardo sector with non-probabilistic targeted sampling Technique: survey Instrument: Information collection matrix and Fagerstrom test; Results: (43%) had low dependence on nicotine, (39%) medium dependence. Age: 25% from 18 to 28 years old, Sex: 58% men, secondary education (40%), single (36%), smoking cigarettes for less than 6 months (47%). Risk factors such as social behavior (60%), learned behavior (32%). Number of cigarettes consumed daily: between 1 to 5 cigarettes per day (57%). Frequency of consuming cigarettes during the first hours of the day: they wait 1 hour or more to smoke (42%), 35% take between 31 to 60 minutes to carry out said habit; Conclusion: It is possible to verify that the influence of family and friends are the main causes for them to start the habit of smoking.