Smoking patterns of university students in Eskişehir, Turkey

Metintaş, Selma; Sariboyaci, MA; Nuhoğlu, S; Metintaş, Mustafa Yahya; Kalyoncu, Cemalettin; Etiz, S; Özdemir, Nuriye; Aktaş, C

doi:10.1016/s0033-3506(98)00243-1

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“…It may also reflect that a smaller proportion of those who were smokers were able to gain university admission because of poorer academic achievements 11,34 and lack of confidence 6 among smokers. In other countries, reported prevalence of smoking among university students is higher at 14% 35 to 26% 18 in the USA, 21% in Canada, 36 22% among European medical students, 37 and 43% in Turkey 19 . The ever smoking rates of 13% in this study is lower than these European and American studies 35–37 …”

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“…Although the prevalence of substance use in university students is reported to be generally very high in other countries, 1–22 no study has yet examined substance use behavior in Chinese university students in Hong Kong. Moreover, it is obvious that several types of substances are in use within the community, and elsewhere it is argued that younger Chinese are potendally at greater risk of using these substances 23,24 .…”

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“…Recruitment of young children to smoking is common in countries of the Asia Pacific region 6,10 . In addition, the emphasis on western lifestyles encourages drinking and smoking particularly among teenagers and young adults 19 . However, it is uncertain if those with higher educational attainment, including university students, are also at greater risk for different types of substance use, and if so, what the pattern is of their substance use behavior.…”

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Patterns of Cigarette Smoking, Alcohol Use and Other Substance Use Among Chinese University Students in Hong Kong

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The pattern of tobacco, alcohol, and other substance use was assessed among 1,197 Chinese undergraduates in Hong Kong. Students reported their current and past use of tobacco (13%), alcohol (61%), marijuana (2%), and other illicit drugs (0.4%). Perceptions of risk from the use of different substances were low among those who use substances and among senior students. The rate of substance use was higher among males, residents of university hall, senior students, and among those who possessed a positive attitude towards substance use. There were significant associations between different substance uses among the respondents.

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“…Another survey performed by Metintas et al . found that the prevalence of smoking in Eskisehir was 42.5% [23]. Onadli et al .…”

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“…Approximately 100,000 people die of smoking-related diseases each year in Turkey. The annual economic cost of smoking-related diseases in Turkey is $2.72 billion [6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17,18,19,20,21,22,23,24,25,26,27,28]. A brief survey called the Global Adult Tobacco Survey (GATS) conducted by the WHO in 2009 found that the prevalence of smoking was 40% among people 25–44 years of age, and the prevalence of smoking was 31% among people ≥15 years of age in Turkey.…”

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Prevalence of Smoking and Related Risk Factors among Physical Education and Sports School Students at Istanbul University

Ulus

Yurtseven

Donuk

2012

IJERPH

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The purpose of this study was to evaluate smoking prevalence and factors associated with smoking among students at the Physical Education and Sports School of Istanbul University. A cross-sectional study was performed on total of 373 students who have been continuing their education at the school from February to March 2011. A total of 166 responders were male (44.5%) and 207 responders were female (55.5%) out of 373 participants. Of the 373 students, 94 (25.2%) were current smokers and the average age for beginning smoking was 18.03 ± 2.6 (min: 12–max: 30). In this study, we found that the smoking prevalence associated with some variables such as age place of residence, mother’s education, father’s education, cigarette or tobacco use in the living place, knowledge status of students about their teacher’s smoking habits and alcohol consumption (p ≤ 0.05). These findings suggest that the students, who will train the sportspeople of the future, and should be considered a role model of healthy behavior in society. Consequently, we believe that sports school students should take an active role in providing health education programs to increase their awareness about the detrimental effects of smoking and to extensively quit smoking in public.

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Health practice in Islam —The cultural dependence of the lifestyle formation—

Toda

Morimoto

2001

Environ Health Prev Med

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Islam is a religion that was established in the 7th century by the Prophet Muhammad who was commissioned as a Messenger of God. It is also the modern or latest version of the message sent by God through some prophets, e.g. Adam, Noah, Abraham, Moses and Jesus. Not only is it associated with the mental aspect, however, it also impacts every part of life, from eating and sleeping to working and playing. It can be, therefore, considered a way of life.Meanwhile, one's lifestyle has recently come to have great meaning especially in the developed countries. Methods to assess lifestyle are suggested by some authorities such as Breslow and Morimoto. Accordingly, we have tried to investigate whether Muslims, the followers of Islam, have a desirable lifestyle as defined in today's terms, i.e. the cultural dependence of the lifestyle formation.As a result, Muslims seeking to live in accordance with the doctrine of Islam may have a relatively good lifestyle. Islam may also be associated with the relief from the mental stress and give Muslims a guideline to live a happier life.

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Smoking patterns of university students in Eskişehir, Turkey

Cited by 37 publications

References 13 publications

Patterns of Cigarette Smoking, Alcohol Use and Other Substance Use Among Chinese University Students in Hong Kong

Patterns of Cigarette Smoking, Alcohol Use and Other Substance Use Among Chinese University Students in Hong Kong

Prevalence of Smoking and Related Risk Factors among Physical Education and Sports School Students at Istanbul University

Health practice in Islam —The cultural dependence of the lifestyle formation—

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