[Comparison of behaviour concerning smoking tobacco among male and female students who begin their studies in 2007/2008 and 2008/2009 academic years at the Health Science Department].

Despite the many years of systematic antinicotine action worldwide and In Poland, the percentage of people inhaling tobacco smoke in our country is still high. This fact is reflected in the number of people who begin their university career. The cause of a particular anxiety is great popularity of smoking among the students of medical universities and departments. The aim of this work is to present the direction of changes that take place in the behavior concerning smoking tobacco among those starting their education at the Health Science Department. The subject of the analysis is the results of research concerning frequency of smoking among male and female students of the first years of all the chairs of the Health Science Department at the Medical University of Łódź. In order to collect the empirical material, an auditory survey was used. In the tests carried out in 2007/2008, 479 men and women took part (93.5% of all the students), and in 2008/2009 473 people (93.1% of all the students). In 2007/2008, 34.2% of respondents admitted to smoking (164 people) and the following year 39.7% (188 people). In 2008/2009, among female students of the first years, 27.4% (86 people) of them smoked and among male students 47.3% (78 people). In 2007/2008, 34.2% (164 people) admitted to smoking and the following year 39.7% (188 people). In 2007/2008, among the female students of the first years, 27.4% (86 people) of them smoked and among the male students 47.3% (78 people). In 2008/2009, the ratio of smoking women was 37.1% (104 people) and men 43.5% (84 people). Participation of people inhaling tobacco smoke among those studying at the first year of Health Science Department at the Medical University of Łódź in 2008/2009 was higher in comparison with the year before. Worryingly grew the number of smoking females, whereas the number of smoking males lowered.