Influence of attitudes and alcohol consumption on tobacco use among university students in Ecuador: an explanatory model with SEM

Objective: Establish an explanatory model through latent variables analysis of tobacco consumption based on al- cohol and alcohol attitudes towards in a sample university students Ecuador. Method: Descriptive correlational design using SEM (Structural Equation Mo- deling) techniques. Participants: 546 (69.2% women) aged between 17 41 years old (M= 21.3 old; SD= 2.6), from four universities (45.1% public ones) two cities Results: The predominance is high; the prevalence low, are ambivalent. Alcohol predict (R2= .57) predicts .26). Attitudes provide for with ꭓ2= 662.59; p< .001; df= 480; ꭓ2/gl= 1.4; CFI= .95; TLI= .94; SRMR= .049; RMSEA= .026 [.021 - .031]. Conclusions: study behaviors important better understanding about students.