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The 13th World Conference on Tobacco OR Health

Building capacity for a tobacco-free world

July 12-15, 2006, Washington, DC, USA

Friday, July 14, 2006 - 12:00 PM
102-3

Prevalence and Determinants of Adolescent Smoking in Ankara, Turkey

Dilek Aslan, MD, MSc1, Nazmi Bilir, MD1, Hilal Ozcebe, MD, PhD1, Christiane Stock, PhD2, and Nazan Kucuk, MD3. (1) Department of Public Health, Hacettepe University, School of Medicine, Sihhiye, 06100, Ankara, Turkey, (2) Department of Health Promotion Research, University of Syddansk, Niels Bohrs Vej 9, DK-6700, Esbjerg, Denmark, (3) Department of Public Health, Istanbul University, Faculty of Medicine (Cerrahpasa), Cerrahpasa, Istanbul, Turkey

Objective: In this study, we aimed to determine prevalence and determinants of smoking among first year students at Hacettepe University.

Methods: In 2004, the total number of the subjects participated in the study were 1050.

Results: Of the total participants, 69.0% were female. Mean age of the students was 19.8±1.6 years. For males, there were significant positive associations between “alcohol consumption (OR=4.983, 95% CI =2.617-10.088; p=0.000)”; “not to look after his health with great attention (OR=2.111, 95% CI =1.095-4.068; p=0.026)”; “not to agree with the idea 'smoke-free policy at university should be supported' (OR=4.531, 95% CI =2.180-9.161; p=0.000)”; and “not to agree with the idea 'smoke-free cafeteria at the campus as a priority' (OR=2.777, 95% CI =1.370-5.39388; p=0.003)”. Similar associations were found for females.

Recommendation: First year students, at the age where the prevalence of this addiction usually intends to increase, are a particular target group for the implementation of prevention activities.


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