Abstract:

The purposes. This study aims to study the ways of college students smoking and not drinking to cope with stress in terms of gender. The Method. The study was conducted with students studying at a university. The sample of the study was made by 965 university students who studied in the various departments of this university. In the collection of data, the "Information Form" and the "Inventory of ways to cope with stress" (SBÇT) were used. In the analysis of the data, the student t test, which is the square test and one-way variance analysis, was used. The findings. The study found the prevalence of smoking among university students was 39.8 percent (50.7 percent of men and 24.9 percent of women). The reasons why students started smoking included friendship, dealing with stress, curiosity, and social acceptance. While men smoking and non-smoking individuals’ stress behavior patterns are similar to the average score, girls’ SBCT scale tenderness approach low-dimensional score average in smokers, social support approach low-dimensional score average in non-smokers found significantly high (p

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