Tobacco use among working adolescents and high school students in Turkey: evaluating the effect of the national tobacco control policy

Autor: Nazli Karacabey, Ahmet Hakan Gedik, Refika Ersu, Erkan Cakir, Hakan Yazan, Elif Dagli, Fazilet Karakoc, Nezih Varol, Ali Özdemir, Bulent Karadag
Přispěvatelé: Cakir, Erkan, Yazan, Hakan, Karacabey, Nazli, Gedik, Ahmet Hakan, Ozdemir, Ali, Varol, Nezih, Karakoc, Fazilet, Ersu, Refika, Karadag, Bulent, Dagli, Elif, ÇAKIR, Erkan
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: The Turkish journal of pediatrics. 63(5)
ISSN: 2791-6421
Popis: Background. In our previous published study conducted in 2006 before the national tobacco control program (NTCP), we found that working adolescents (WA) more frequently consumed cigarettes than high school students (HSS). The objective of the present study was to compare the smoking status of WA and HSS before and after the NTCP. Methods. A questionnaire including questions about the participant's socio-economic level and smoking status was administered. Results. There were 668 subjects in the 2006 study and 869 subjects in the 2015 study. When we compared the 2015 results with the 2006 study, while there was a significant decline in the ever smokers (p
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