Self-reported prevalence of tobacco use among university students
| dc.contributor.author | Hüseyin ELBİ | |
| dc.contributor.author | Ayşe Esin AKTAŞ | |
| dc.contributor.author | Süheyla RAHMAN | |
| dc.contributor.author | Selim ALTAN | |
| dc.contributor.author | Beyhan CENGİZ ÖZYURT | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2024-07-24T09:07:59Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2024-07-24T09:07:59Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2018 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Objective: Tobacco use is the most important public health concern worldwide, particularly indeveloping countries. It is estimated that 1.7 billion people worldwide will be smokers by 2025 ifany intervention do not made. Turkey took an important step in the fight against smoking withthe introduction of the project ‘smokeless airspace’ in May 2009. The aim of this study is toevaluate the prevalence of smoking and characteristics of smokers among undergraduates attending Celal Bayar University, Manisa, Turkey.Methods: This cross-sectional study was realized among Manisa Celal Bayar University studentsbetween March 2015 and June 2015. A self-administered questionnaire was used to obtain sociodemographic data and determine smoking behaviour and nicotine dependence among university students. Descriptive statistical analyses were used to measure the prevalence of smokingand determine correlations between dependent and independent variables. Chi-square test wasused to compare categorical variablesResults: Of the 2170 respondents, 518 (23.9%) were current smokers, comprising 312 (60.2%)males and 206 (39.8%) females. Cigarette smoking was significantly associated with having friends who smoked, male gender, and parental smoking. Based on the Fagerstrom Tolerance Test,8.9% of the students were identified as being addicts. According to Fagerström Tolerance ofNicotine Dependence. 193 out of 518 (37.2%) students were reported as nicotine dependent.Conclusion: Deleterious effects of smoking on human health should be incessantly emphasizedin the university curriculum, policies of ‘smokeless airspace, should be supported by stronger,and more effective programs in order to encourage university students to quit smoking. | |
| dc.identifier.DOI-ID | 10.5222/terh.2018.033 | |
| dc.identifier.issn | 1305-7073 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://akademikarsiv.cbu.edu.tr:4000/handle/123456789/20967 | |
| dc.language.iso | eng | |
| dc.subject | [Fen > Tıp > Genel ve Dahili Tıp] | |
| dc.title | Self-reported prevalence of tobacco use among university students | |
| dc.type | Araştırma Makalesi |