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- Title
Sigara İçme Durumuna Etki Eden Faktörler ve Tütün Kontrol Eylem Planının Sigara Kullanım Üzerine Etkisinin Araştırılması.
- Authors
YAKAR, Burkay; PİRİNÇCİ, Edibe; KURT CANPOLAT, Esra
- Abstract
Objective: In spite of all the struggles such as tobacco control action plan, smoking which is the main human health threat cannot be prevented. The fight against smoking is important because it is susceptible to the addictive effects of smoking and other addictive substances. In our study, it was aimed to see the final point in the fight against smoking and to determine the factors affecting smoking. Materials and Methods: This descriptive and cross-sectional study was carried out with 181 participants over 18 years of age who applied to Family Medicine outpatient clinic between February-April 2016. The sociodemographic characteristics of the participants and the factors affecting smoking status were obtained with questionnaire form by through face-to-face interviews. Results: The mean age of the participants was 34.51±13.90 years. 50.3% of the participants were married and 65.7% were male. Fifty five point two percent of the participants tried smoking and 35.3% of them reported that they were still smoking. While 9.7% of women were smoking, this rate was 48.7% for men (P<0.001). Also 56.1% of individuals with high school or lower education level were cigarette users and it was found to be higher than individuals with higher education level (P<0.001). The rate of smoking was found to be significantly higher in patients with smoking in their families (P<0.001). Conclusion: According to the data of our study, the prevalence of smoking is still high in Turkey. Gender, low level of education, age, familial factors, friend effects were the reasons that affect smoking. New struggle methods should be established according to risk factors throughout the country. We believe that we can reduce smoking rates by updating the methods of struggle against smoking and more effective enforcement of the issued laws.
- Publication
Firat Universitesi Sağlik Bilimleri Tip Dergisi, 2020, Vol 34, Issue 2, p147
- ISSN
1308-9315
- Publication type
Article