Objective:

This study estimates the prevalence in tobacco consumption and the associated factors in adolescents at official educational institutions in the municipality of Palmira.

Methods:

This was a cross-sectional analysis with an analytical component, including 205 high school students from six official schools. The analysis was performed through the SPSS statistics software version 24. Qualitative variables were expressed as ratios with their corresponding 95 % confidence intervals (CI). Quantitative variables were expressed as central tendency and dispersion measures, depending on the distribution of the variable. Finally, an odds ratio was calculated for the associated factors with a 95 % CI and the binary logistic regression model statistical model was used to adjust the variables.

Results:

The tobacco consumption’s overall prevalence was 38.5%, CI 95 % (31.6-45.4 %); e-cigarette, 20 %, 95 % CI (14.2-25.7 %); cigarette, 18.5 %, 95 % CI (12.9-24.1 %) and hookah, 17.9 %, 95 % CI (12.1-23 %), with a greater incidence in women than men. The resulting associated factors were age (OR 3.17, CI 95 % [1.48-6.79]), a partner who smokes (OR 2.51, 95 % CI (1.36-4.63 %), friends who smoke (OR 7.0, 95 % CI [3.4-14.5]), and the possibility of buying individual cigarettes instead of a pack (OR 2.60, 95 % CI (1.26-5.3).

Conclusions:

Smoking habit’s overall prevalence is higher than the one reported in adolescents. Female subjects reported greater and more frequent consumption of e-cigarettes.

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