Research article

PHYSIOLOGICAL EFFECTS OF TOBACCO AT TUNISIAN AND FRENCH BASKETBALL PLAYERS/INTOXICATION OF BODY AND BRAIN OF LEARNERS AND PLAYERS AND POLLUTION OF CULTURAL AND NATURAL ENVIRONMENTS

Dr. Slim Khiari, Dr. Hamda Mansour

Online First: December 22, 2022


Objective: To identify the physiological impact of the tobacco addiction particularly on the respiratory function at Tunisian basketball players in comparison with French ones. Method: In the goal to achieve our objective a study has been led on a sample representative n=18 of basketball players aged from 19 to 26 years of which 9 smokers and 9 not smokers. Nicotine dependence was valued with the help of the questionnaire of Fagerström. The assessment of effects of the tobacco addiction on the respiratory function of individuals tested was made by spirometry. The comparison between the respiratory volumes at group smokers and group not smokers were established by two statistical tests: the linear regression and the T test of Student. Results: Answers to the test of Fagerström showed that the group of basketball smoker players was a little dependent to the nicotine with an average of points of 2. 66 ± 1. 11. Line of linear regression drawn from the theoretical and measured values of the VEMS at smokers and not smokers represents the condition where one has theoretical VEMS = measured VEMS. We got with these coefficients of R² interrelationship of 0. 40 and 0. 03 at basketball players not smokers and smokers respectively. What sustains the hypothesis that not smokers tend to have a better seen respiratory function that the measured values are nearer of the applied values (R²=0.4). We also noted a meaningful difference (p < 0.05) between indications of Tiffeneau (VEMS/CVF) at smokers and not smokers. Besides, this indication is lowered at smokers with an average of 84,9 ± 0,7 against 85,7 ± 0,5 at not smokers. The study done on sportsmen and not sportive smokers and French not smokers, showed that the VEMSS are lowered at smokers in relation to the VEMSS at not smokers with an average of 3. 7 ± 0.6 at smokers and 4. 0 ± 0.7 at not smokers. Conclusion: In our study, we compared results of the Tunisian basketball players to those of the French study presented reveal above that our hypothesis given out on the deleterious effects of the tobacco addiction on the respiratory function of sportsmen confirms itself. These results also show that while exercising a sportive activity, we can have a better respiratory function even while being a smoker. It confirms the fact that the sports present means of prevention AGAINST TOBACCO.

Keywords

Smokers, non-smokers, Basketball players and tobacco addiction.