<< Epidemiology and Intervention Research

Brazil

In Brazil, the project involves a partnership with the Surveillance and Prevention Department (CONPREV) of the National Cancer Institute (INCA) and builds on a population-wide morbidity and risk factor survey. The project aims to assess relationships of selected risk factors with risks for smoking experimentation, initiation and cessation in adolescents and young adults ages 15-24 years. To do this, a series of policy-relevant research studies were conducted. Two studies are underway to assess smoking in university students and to characterize factors related to smoking initiation in five cities in Brazil: 

• Tobacco Use Among Students of the Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (UERJ): A Qualitative and Quantitative Approach 
• Social Stimulus and Control of the Initiation to Smoking in Youth: A Qualitative Study in Schools of Five Brazilian Cities

Partners
National Cancer Institute, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Related Publications
Otero UB, Perez CA, Szklo M, et al. Ensaio clinico randomizad efetividade da abordagem cognitivo-comportamental e uso de adesivos transdermicos de reposicao de nicotina, na cessacao de fumar, em adultos residentes no Municipio do Rio de Janeiro, RJ-Brasil. Cadernos de Saude Publica. (In press)