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- Title
KAMU KURUMLARINDA ÇALIŞAN PERSONELİN SİGARA KULLANMA ALIŞKANLIKLARI.
- Authors
İNCE, Mustafa; KOÇAK, Mevlüt Can
- Abstract
Smoking is an important health problem as well as being a common habit in our country as it is all over the world. Although cigarette, which seriously threatens human health, is considered to be harmful to the health of the population by the general public, continues to be consumed. Moreover not only the person who smokes but also the health of those who are exposed to the smoke is affected. It is a poison that is used by many people, men and women from all ages and professions, although it has no benefit for human beings. It is essential to make efforts to inform the public about the harms of the cigarette which negatively affects the users physically, spiritually and economically. In order to reduce the consumption of the smoking cigarette, which is a serious threat to public health, the smoking habit in public and private institutions will be reference for the decisions of the administrators of institutions and organizations. This study aims to determine the usage habits and usage levels of the personnel employed in public institutions. The data obtained in this study were reached via the research made on over 350 people through purposeful sampling in various public institutions in Konya province centre. According to the results of the study, it is observed that the age to start smoking is under 18 years old while the wannabe is the first place in the taking up of cigarette. According to other result that was reached in the survey, a large part of the participants in the research regretted to start smoking cigarettes. Another result of the study is the reduction in the number of cigarettes consumed by the participants thanks to the ban on smoking in closed areas.
- Publication
Electronic Turkish Studies, 2017, Vol 12, Issue 13, p335
- ISSN
1308-2140
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.7827/TurkishStudies.11994