Abstract PARDO, Constanza and PINEROS, Marion. Teenage tobacco consumption in five Colombian cities. Biomédica [online]. 2010, vol. 30, n. 4, pp. 509-518. ISSN 0120-4157. Introduction. The consumption of tobacco is a public health problem around the world. In Colombia, each year approximately 17,000 deaths are attributed to smoking. The monitoring of tobacco consumption is necessary to estimate population risk for chronic diseases and cancer. Objective. The prevalence of smoking was estimated and factors assessed that
