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Objectives: The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of tobacco and tobacco products in medical faculty and communication faculty students, to investigate their perception and attitudes about smoking and to compare the among faculties. Materials and Methods: In cross-sectional analytical study, a questionnaire was applied who in 2017-2018 for the first and last year students at the Faculty of Medicine and Communication to learn use habits tobacco and tobacco products and their attitudes and perception towards smoking. Results: While 11.5% of the students in the Faculty of Medicine were still smoking, 50.0% of the students in the Faculty of Communication were still smoking. The smoking rate of the students in the communication faculty was higher than the students in the Faculty of Medicine (p <0.001). In medical school, 6.1% of first year students and 19.4% of senior students were smokers (p <0.001). In the Faculty of Communication 43.5% of first year students and 53.8% of senior students were smokers(p=0.200). While the parent's smoking did not affect the student's smoking, his closest friend's smoking had a statistically significant effect on the student's smoking (p<0.001). The fact that his/her best friend smokes increases the student’s cigarette smoking by 3.6 times. The level of perception of the students of the medical faculty was higher than the students of the communication faculty and this difference was statistically significant (p=0.012). Conclusion: The prevalence of smoking in medical faculty students was 11.5% and this frequency was 50.0% in students of communication faculty. The prevalence of smoking in health-related faculties was found to be lower than that of other faculty students. It should be ensured that other faculty students take courses related to the damages of smoking and smoking cessation methods.

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