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Factors associated with cocaine smoking in students at Santa Marta, Colombia

https://doi.org/10.17081/innosa.113
Adalberto Campo-Arias
Universidad de Magdalena, Santa Marta, Colombia
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2201-7404
Remedios Milagros Daza-Fragozo
Universidad de Magdalena, Santa Marta, Colombia
Carmen Cecilia Caballero-Domínguez
Universidad de Magdalena, Santa Marta, Colombia

Corresponding Author(s) : Adalberto Campo-Arias

acampoa@unimagdalena.edu.co

Ciencia e Innovación en Salud, 2021

Abstract

Background: Cocaine smoking is in the second place of illegal substance use among Colombian adolescents; however, there is little information about its associated factors. Methods: A cross-sectional study was designed for which participated in highschool students between 13 and 17 years. Crude and adjusted associations were calculated for cocaine smoking. Results: A group of 1,462 adolescent students (M=14.4 years, SD=0.8) participated in the research, 60.3% were females, and 55.3% studied in the tenth grade. A total of 40 students (2.7%) reported lifetime cocaine smoking. Cocaine smoking was associated with lifetime cannabis smoking (OR=8.34, 95%CI 3.70-18.80), lifetime cigarette smoking (OR=7.96, 95%CI 2.96-21.43), risk of post-traumatic stress disorder (OR=2.43, 95%CI 1.20-4.95), and studying in the tenth grade (OR=2.38, 95%CI 1.14-4.98). Conclusions: Cannabis and cigarette smoking are the main variables associated with lifetime cocaine smoking among high-school adolescents from Santa Marta, Colombia. It is necessary to explore other factors associated with cocaine smoking in adolescent students


 

Keywords

Cocaine smoking, Risk factors, Adolescent, Students, Cross-sectional studies
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Campo-Arias A, Daza-Fragozo RM, Caballero-Domínguez CC. Factors associated with cocaine smoking in students at Santa Marta, Colombia. Ciencia e Innovación en Salud [Internet]. 2021 Feb. 15 [cited 2025 Jan. 30];. Available from: https://revistas.unisimon.edu.co/index.php/innovacionsalud/article/view/4207
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Author Biographies

Adalberto Campo-Arias, Universidad de Magdalena, Santa Marta, Colombia

MD, epidemiologist, MSc, assistant professor, School of Medicine, Faculty of Health Science, University of Magdalena, Santa Marta, Colombia

Remedios Milagros Daza-Fragozo, Universidad de Magdalena, Santa Marta, Colombia

Medicine student, Medicine Program, Faculty of Health Science

Carmen Cecilia Caballero-Domínguez, Universidad de Magdalena, Santa Marta, Colombia

Psychologist, MSc, PhD, associate professor, Psychology Promgram, Faculty of Health Science, University of Magdalena, Santa Marta, Colombia