From 1436 pupils in North-Switzerland 9% of the boys and 3% of the girls smoked their first cigarette within or before the age of six years. 32% of these first cigarettes were smoked in woods or parks. 37% on streets, 31% on other places. 25% of the first cigarettes were stolen, not bought. 50% of all these children remembered to have a headache, vomitying or a stomach-ache after smoking the first cigarette. The boys began to smoke daily at the age of 13, the girls at the age of 14.

Adolescent↗

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[Effects of the trip to work on health, especially on blood pressure].

The goal of this study is to demonstrate relationships between journey to work and health status. 546 employees of industrial plants in northeastern Switzerland have been examined. We have demonstrated a statistically significant relationship between the length of journey to work and arterial blood pressure. Furthermore some dependences on the kind of transport hard to explain are demonstrated, but most of them aren't statistically significant.

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[Rüti-study - 5 years later].

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Absenteeism↗

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[Sports activities and motivation].

In a representative study on employees aged 20 to 65 years in Northern Switzerland, several criteria of sports practice and motivation to practise sports were examined. 1260 subjects working in 44 different factories employing more than 56 people were chosen at random and questioned. 36% of the younger men (20 to 42 years old) and 21% of the older ones (43 to 65 years old) were members of a sports club. The first motivation to participate in sports came mostly from friends, but hardly ever from international events. 21% of the subjects were in favour of the way the Olympic Games were conducted, 28% were somewhat critical, 41% were negative, and 10% had no opinion.

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[Content, goal and effectiveness of health education].

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