Background: Different tobacco and related products, like waterpipe, e-cigarettes, are gaining popularity among adolescents in different countries; the data for Slovenia is currently limited. The purpose of this paper is to present the latest data on the use of different tobacco and related products, with or without flavours, among 15-year old students in Slovenia.
Methods: Data for 15-year-old students were drawn from 2014 Slovene database of the cross-national survey Health Behaviour in School-Aged Children. The survey sample was selected with stratified two-stage sampling method. The survey was performed in schools with a self-administered web questionnaire. The survey questionnaire included international compulsory, selected optional and national questions, all on a variety of topics related to youth health behaviour.
Results: 25.2% of 15-year-old students reported current (past 30-day) use of any tobacco related product, mainly cigarettes (93.1% of users), followed by waterpipe (11.7%) and cigars, cigarillos and pipes (9.4%). Exclusive use of unconventional products is low (5.1% of users). 85.5% of users of any product used one product, 48.5% of users used products with flavours. The use of different products, one or more products, and flavoured products was related to gender.
Conclusion: A comprehensive tobacco control and prevention must address all tobacco and related products.
Uvod: Med mladostniki v tujini postajajo vedno bolj popularni različni tobačni in s tobakom povezani izdelki, kot so vodne pipe ali elektronske cigarete, za Slovenijo pa imamo o tem na voljo omejene podatke. Namen prispevka je prikaz najnovejših podatkov o uporabi tobačnih in s tobakom povezanih izdelkov z okusom ali brez njega med všolanimi petnajstletniki v Sloveniji.
Metode: Uporabili smo podatke za všolane petnajstletnike iz slovenske podatkovne baze presečne raziskave Z zdravjem povezana vedenja v šolskem obdobju 2014. Za oblikovanje vzorca je bilo uporabljeno dvostopenjsko stratificirano vzorčenje. Anketiranje je potekalo v šolah s pomočjo spletne ankete. Vprašalnik obsega niz mednarodnih obveznih in opcijskih vprašanj ter nekaj nacionalnih vprašanj o različnih področjih z zdravjem povezanih vedenj mladostnikov.
Rezultati: O uporabi vsaj enega tobačnega ali s tobakom povezanega izdelka v zadnjih 30 dneh je poročalo 25,2% všolanih petnajstletnikov, največ o uporabi cigaret (93,1% uporabnikov), vodnih pip (11,7%) ter cigar, cigarilosov in pip (9,4%). Izključna uporaba nekonvencionalnih izdelkov je nizka (5,1% uporabnikov). 85,5% uporabnikov kateregakoli izdelka je uporabljalo en izdelek, 48,5% izdelke z dodanimi okusi. Uporaba različnih tobačnih in s tobakom povezanih izdelkov, enega ali več izdelkov in izdelkov z dodanimi okusi se je razlikovala med spoloma.
Zaključek: Celovit program nadzora nad tobakom in preprečevanje rabe tobaka morata vključevati vse različne tobačne in s tobakom povezane izdelke.
Keywords: adolescents; smoking; tobacco.