The purpose of this study was to know the attitudes and opinions
on the consumption of alcohol, tobacco and drugs, in students of the
secondary education of the city of Bragança, aged between twelve and
fifteen years. The Individuals who formed the sample attended the seventh,
eighth and ninth years of schooling in a total of 62 pupils of both
genders. The results showed that for consumption of alcohol, tobacco
and drugs 6.25% of the respondents regularly consume alcohol, 12.5%
smoke habitually and 8.33% consume drugs.
Through the procedures carried out we conclude that the ‘no consumers’
are the ones who had present a bigger perception of the risk
associated with the consumption of these substances. We can also verify
that the experimentation of the substances is initiated each time more
precociously.
One of the possible causes of these results could be the lack of information
about the consequences of consumption of these substances, or the
vulnerability of the adolescents in yielding to the experimentation of the
same ones.