Abstract:

Purpose: Smoking, which is among the main factors that threaten people’s health, is not prevented in sufficient levels despite struggles such as the tobacco control action plan. Due to the negative effects of smoking on health as well as the reason for preparing the ground for the transition to other addictive substances, the fight against smoking is important. Our research, in light of the current data, aims to see the end to the fight against smoking and to investigate the factors affecting the smoking habit. Tools and Methods: Our research we designed in the identificative and cutting-edge type was carried out with 181 participants over the age of 18 who apply to the Family Medicine Clinic of a third-level health institution in February-April 2016. The data of our study, the sociodemographic characteristics of the participants and the factors affecting the state of smoking, were obtained by face-to-face interview with the survey forms. The average age of participants is 34.51±13.90 years. 50.3 percent of participants are married and 65.7 percent men. 55.2 percent of participants said they tried to smoke and 35.3 percent said they still smoked. 9.7 percent of women smoke, while 48.7 percent of men (P<0.001). 56.1 percent of high school and six-level individuals were smokers and were found to be higher than individuals with high school and higher education levels (P<0.001). Individuals who smoke in their families found a statistically significant rate of smoking use (P<0.001). The result: According to the data we obtained in our research, the use of cigarettes in our country is still at high levels. Sex has been highlighted as causes affecting low education level, age, family factors, friendship effects and smoking. In our country, we need to review the factors affecting smoking use and create new methods of fighting and strengthen the control of the adopted laws to reduce smoking use rates.

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