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The impact of anti-smoking laws on high school students in Ankara, Turkey.
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- A systematic review and network meta-analysis of population-level interventions to tackle smoking behaviour.Nature human behaviour · 2024Pooled it
- Sociodemographic, lifestyle, and educational environment factors associated with academic performance among Tunisian medical students: a cross-sectional study.BMC medical education · 2026Article
- Factors Related to Tobacco Cessation Attempts Among Turkish Adolescents: A Structural Equation Model Analysis.Thoracic research and practice · 2024Article
- The impact of local smoke-free policies on smoking behaviour among adults in Indonesia: a quasi-experimental national study.Addiction (Abingdon, England) · 2020Article
- Comparison of Postoperative Smoking Cessation Rates of Patients with Benign or Premalignant Vocal Cord Lesions.Sisli Etfal Hastanesi tip bulteni · 2018Article
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Abstract
objectiveTo determine the factors affecting the smoking habits of high school students, their thoughts about changes resulting from anti-smoking laws, and how they are affected by those laws.
methodsIn this cross-sectional study, 11th-grade students at eight high schools in Ankara, Turkey, were invited to complete a questionnaire.
resultsA total of 1,199 students completed the questionnaire satisfactorily. The mean age of the respondents was 17.0 0.6 years; 56.1% were female, of whom 15.3% were smokers; and 43.9% were male, of whom 43.7% were smokers (p < 0.001). The independent risk factors for smoking were male gender, attending a vocational school, having a sibling who smokes, having a friend who smokes, and poor academic performance. Of the respondents, 74.7% were aware of the content of anti-smoking laws; 81.8% approved of the restrictions and fines; and 8.1% had quit smoking because of those laws. According to the respondents, the interventions that were most effective were the (television) broadcast of films about the hazards of smoking and the ban on cigarette sales to minors. The prevalence of smoking was highest (31.5%) among students attending vocational high schools but lowest (7.5%) among those attending medical vocational high schools. Although 57.1% of the smokers were aware of the existence of a smoking cessation helpline, only 3.7% had called, none of whom had made any attempt to quit smoking.
conclusionsAlthough most of the students evaluated were aware of the harmful effects of smoking and approved of the anti-smoking laws, only a minority of those who smoked sought professional help to quit.
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