Introduction: alcohol and smoking are legal drugs most consumed in the world. Many young people have their first contact with these substances between the ages of 12 and 17. Objective: to describe the incidence of alcoholism and smoking in medical students of a Municipal University Center. Holguin-Cuba. Method: s and performed an observational, descriptive, cross - sectional study, whose universe consisted of 73 students, selected through an intentional non - probabilistic sampling, which gave their perpetration reported being worked with the whole. Result: the predominant age was 21 to 23 years and females accounted for the majority of the sample (48). E l 87.6 % and 80.8% consume alcoholic beverages and cigarettes respectively ; the consumption varies from low to medium , predominantly consumption in group 37.5% and 49.1%. The knowledge about the effect of the alcohol (OR: 1.01 p = 0.0...

Introduction: alcohol and smoking are legal drugs most consumed in the world. Many young people have their first contact with these substances between the ages of 12 and 17. Objective: to describe the incidence of alcoholism and smoking in medical students of a Municipal University Center. Holguin-Cuba. Method: s and performed an observational, descriptive, cross - sectional study, whose universe consisted of 73 students, selected through an intentional non - probabilistic sampling, which gave their perpetration reported being worked with the whole. Result: the predominant age was 21 to 23 years and females accounted for the majority of the sample (48). E l 87.6 % and 80.8% consume alcoholic beverages and cigarettes respectively ; the consumption varies from low to medium , predominantly consumption in group 37.5% and 49.1%. The knowledge about the effect of the alcohol (OR: 1.01 p = 0.0...