Proyecto prevención consumo tabaco en Secundaria

Abstract

In practice, tobacco consumption is still very high amongst young people and the age that young people take up this habit is very early, at between 12 and 14 years of age. In the words of the WHO, acquiring knowledge, values, techniques and habits about healthy living allow young boys and girls to aspire to a healthy lifestyle and to act as intermediaries to change the health situation in their regions. Faced with the clear concerns of society and school teachers towards tobacco consumption amongst young people and faced with the request of said staff to be able to teach this subject to improve knowledge, attitudes and behaviour regarding tobacco consumption, we are participating in the project that the school has targeted at its pupils regarding Education for Health. This collaboration is clearly targeted at Education for Health; it aims to improve the school pupils' knowledge so that they are aware of the health risks involved in smoking tobacco and the available resources to avoid them or prevent their consequences. By improving attitudes, our aim is for them to put this knowledge into practice, and by improving behaviour the aim is for them to put into practice what they have learnt. Our proposal is to collaborate through workshops based on "accepting that the teenage population might smoke and offering them the educational resources and assistance so that they can decide not to start smoking or to quit”.