Evaluation of the frequency of use and the dependence level of cigarette and other tobacco products in the vocational school of health services students

Abstract

The e-cigarette is a battery-powered device (6), which generally heats the nicotine-containing liquid and produces a vapor inhaled by the user. The liquid contains propylene glycol, nicotine, formaldehyde, acetaldehyde, acrolein, toluene, cadmium, nickel, lead, nitrosamines and many other toxic products other than nicotine. It was produced for the first time in 1963 and entered the market in 2007 in our country. Product was advertised as "helping to quit smoking," but this was contradictory because it allowed non-smokers to meet with nicotine for the first time (7). In a research conducted in the US in 2016, 47.2% of the

Assessment of smoking in adolescents - a sample from vocational education centre

“…In our study, dependence scores significantly increased as the number of cigarettes smoked per day and smoking duration (years) increased. Ozkaya and Arıca reported that 44.4% of the students were very mildly dependent (26). In line with other studies in the literature, nicotine dependence increased with the number of cigarettes smoked per day and smoking duration in our study (31).…”

“…More than half of the participants in our study declared that they did not believe that the ban on smoking in indoor areas was adequately applied. In a study conducted by Özkaya and Arıca, the rate of individuals believing in the absolute necessity of a ban on smoking in indoor areas was 54.2% (26). Besides, 11.4% of our study participants have proposed to ban smoking at school gates to achieve a tobacco-free society.…”

“…The rate of participants smoking more than ten cigarettes per day was found to be high in our study. In the study conducted by Özkaya and Arıca, the number of cigarettes smoked per day was ≤ 10 in 50.8% of students, 11-20 in 31.7%, 21-30 in 14.3%, and ≥ 31 in 3.2% of students (26). In another study conducted in the Vocational Education Centre, the number of cigarettes smoked per day was ≤ 10 in 20% of students, 11-20 in 20%, 21-30 in 4.7%, and ≥ 31 in 2.7% of students (28).…”

“…High (6-7) 4 16 (11)(12)(13)(14)(15)(16)(17)(18)(19)(20)(21)(22)(23)(24)(25)(26)(27) Very high (8-10) 5 20 (14-25) Furthermore, CO levels in exhaled breath significantly increased as the number of cigarettes smoked per day and smoking duration (years) increased. In line with our study, CO levels in exhaled breath were found to increase as the number of cigarettes smoked per day and smoking duration (years) significantly increased in a study conducted by Bulut et al (41).…”

The impact of the tobacco control law on youth tobacco use

“…Over the past decade, state tobacco control policies have strengthened considerably 17 . The World Health Organization has established a Framework Convention on Tobacco Control, which came into effect on the 27 th February, 2005 18 .…”