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Background. Studies of the relationship between leisure time physical activity, sedentary behaviour and substance use among adolescents report contradictory results. The aim of our study was to examine the association between self-reported leisure time physical activity, sedentary behaviour and alcohol, tobacco and cannabis use among adolescents in Slovenia. Methods. Subjects consisted of 822 school children aged from 14 to 16 years, living in urban area of Ljubljana and Maribor. The data was collected using the EURO URHIS 2 survey. Logistic regressions were conducted to assess the correlation between the independent variables of physical activity; time spent watching television and using the computer, and each of the five substance use dependent variables. Results. Frequency of daily smoking was significantly associated with leisure time physical activity, while alcohol and cannabis use were not. Watching TV ≥ 2 hours per day was associated with heavy episodic drinking in the past month, no associations were found for smoking and cannabis use. Using the computer ≥ 2 hours per day was positively associated with daily smoking, drinking alcohol in the past month, heavy episodic drinking in the past month and ever being intoxicated, while cannabis use was not. Conclusions. These findings suggest that leisure time physical activity is associated with daily cigarette smoking, and leisure time sedentary behaviour is associated with alcohol and tobacco use among adolescents. The results of our study show the need for the formation of suitable preventive measures concerning reduced sitting time as well as leisure time physical activity targeted to adolescents.

Pomen malih in srednjih podjetij je zelo velik in teh podjetij je v evropskem in svetovnem merilu vse več, v njih pa je tudi zaposlenih vse več ljudi. Nobenega dvoma tudi ni, da bo pomen malih in srednjih podjetij še nadalje naraščal, ne nazadnje tudi zaradi tega, ker se z digitalizacijo poslovanja bistveno spreminjajo meje podjetja, razvoj tehnologije, globalizacija poslovanja in splošno zniževanje transakcijskih stroškov pa pripomorejo k temu, da so tudi mala in srednja podjetja vse bolj konkurenčna večjim. Skladno z naraščanjem pomena malih in srednjih podjetij pa seveda narašča tudi potreba po rednem spremljanju njihovega razvoja in po primerjavi med državami. Slovenski podjetniški observatorij je prva tovrstna publikacija v Sloveniji, ki se v celoti posvetila proučevanju tega fenomena. V prvem delu podajamo analizo slovenskih podjetij za leto 1999 po regijah, dejavnostih in velikostnih razredih. V drugem delu primerjamo slovensko gospodarstvo z evropskim gospodarstvom, v tretjem delu pa smo razgrnili nekatere pomembnejše izide terenske raziskave, ki smo jo opravili med slovenskimi podjetji. Publikacija je dvojezična (slovenščina in angleščina). The importance of small and medium sized enterprises is very big, and there are ever more of these enterprises on a European and global scale, with the increasing number of people employed in them. There is also no doubt that the importance of small and medium sized enterprises will further increase, not least because of the widespread use of the internet, the borders of enterprises are changing, and the development of technology, globalisation of business and general reduction of transaction costs contribute to small and medium enterprises which are becoming increasingly competitive. In line with the growing importance of small and medium enterprises is also the growing need for regular monitoring of their development and for comparison between countries. Slovenian Entrepreneurship Observatory is the first publication of this kind in Slovenia, which is entirely devoted to the study of this phenomenon. The first part presents an analysis of Slovenian companies for the year 1999 by regions, industries and size classes. In the second part, we compare the Slovenian economy with the European economy. In the third part, we discuss some of the more important results of the field research carried out among Slovene enterprises. The publication is bilingual (Slovenian and English).

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