Understanding university students’ smoking behaviors towards tobacco-free campus policy
Yıl: 2021 Cilt: 69 Sayı: 1 Sayfa Aralığı: 49 - 58 Metin Dili: İngilizce DOI: 10.5578/tt.20219906 İndeks Tarihi: 25-05-2022
Understanding university students’ smoking behaviors towards tobacco-free campus policy
Öz: Understanding university students’ smoking behaviors towards tobacco-free
campus policy
Introduction: Tobacco-free college campuses refer to colleges and universities
that have implemented policies prohibiting the use of tobacco products at all
indoor and outdoor campus locations. We aimed to evaluate university students' smoking behaviors and their attitudes towards “Tobacco-Free Campus
Policy”.
Materials and Methods: A total of 10,383 university students were included
in this cross-sectional study. The questionnaire was sent via web-based student information system. Demographical variables, the frequency of tobacco
use, the addiction levels of the smoker students, and their perspective on the
Tobacco-Free Campus Policy were evaluated.
Results: The study population consisted of 5461 (52.6%) males and their
mean age was 22.1 ± 3.9 years. Among the students, 3992 (38.4%) were
current smokers and the age of first smoking was 16.5 ± 2.78 years. According
to FTND scores, 15.1% of participants have high dependence, and 7.5% of
them have very high dependence. There was a significant difference among
participants who finds unacceptable “Tobacco-Free Campus Policy” in terms
of gender (70.7% males vs. 29.3% females, p< 0.001) and smoking habit
(7% never smoker, 4.1% ex-smoker, 88.9% current smoker, p< 0.001).
Conclusion: The Tobacco-Free Campus Policy is important to fight against the
tobacco industry in order to protect the right to health of all tobacco users and
those who do not use it and should be considered as a goal to be achieved in
order to live in a healthy environment.
Anahtar Kelime: Üniversite öğrencilerinin sigara kullanma durumları ve tütünsüz kampüs politikasına yönelik tutumlarının değerlendirilmesi
Öz: Giriş: Üniversitelerde tütün kontrolü çalışmalarını sistematik ve sürekli bir biçimde sürdürme gereksinimi bulunmaktadır. “Tütünsüz
Kampüs” yaklaşımı bu amaçla dünyada benimsenmiş uygulamalar bütünüdür.
Materyal ve Metod: Çalışmamızda üniversite öğrencilerinin demografik özellikleri, tütün kullanım sıklıkları, sigara içen öğrencilerin
bağımlılık düzeyleri ile Tütünsüz Kampüs Projesi’ne bakış açılarının değerlendirilmesi amaçlandı. Google Dokümanlar aracılığı ile
hazırlanmış olan anket üniversitenin öğrenci bilgi sistemi üzerinden tüm üniversite öğrencilerine gönderildi. Hedeflenen 15,000
öğrencinin 10,383’ü (%69,22) anketi başarı ile tamamladı.
Bulgular: Katılımcıların 4922’si (%47,4) kız öğrenci, yaş ortalaması 22,1 ± 3,95 idi. Katılımcıların sigara içmeye başlama yaşı ortalama
16,5 ± 2,78 olup %51,1’i hiç sigara kullanmamış, %10.4’ü kullanıp bırakmış, %38,4’ü halen kullanmakta idi. Sigaraya başlama
nedenleri en sık arkadaş ortamı (%44,6), merak (%38,8) ve stres (%37,2) iken sigarayı bırakma nedenlerinin en sık sağlıklı olmak
için (65,3%), sigaranın kötü kokusu (%34,5) ve çekici gelmemesi (%32,9) nedeniyle olduğu tespit edildi. Sigara içen katılımcıların
%41’i sigarayı bırakıp tekrar başlamıştı. Sigaraya tekrar başlamaları en sık stres (%52,9), sigara içmenin keyifli olması (%34,4) ve
bağımlılık (%25,2) nedeniyle idi. Fagerström Bağımlılık Ölçeği toplam puan ortalaması 3,41 ± 2,55 olup, katılımcıların %7,5’u çok
ileri derecede, %15,5’i ileri derecede, %10,2’si orta derecede, %25,6’sı hafif düzeyde, %41,2’si çok hafif düzeyde bağımlı idi.
Katılımcıların %50’si “Tütünsüz Kampüs” projesini desteklemekte idi, %13,9’u projenin uygun olabileceğini, %22,6’sı gereksiz bir
kısıtlama olacağını, %13,6’sı kabul edilemez olduğunu bildirdi.
Sonuç: Tütünsüz Kampüs Projesi, tütün kullanan ve kullanmayan herkesin sağlık hakkının korunması için tütün endüstrisi ile mücadelede önemli bir uygulamadır ve sağlıklı bir çevrede yaşayabilmek için de ulaşılması gereken bir hedef olarak kabul edilmelidir.
Anahtar Kelime: Belge Türü: Makale Makale Türü: Araştırma Makalesi Erişim Türü: Erişime Açık
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APA | Karadağ M, Aydin Guclu O, Gorek Dilektasli A, Coskun F, Uzaslan E (2021). Understanding university students’ smoking behaviors towards tobacco-free campus policy. Tüberküloz ve Toraks, 69(1), 49 - 58. 10.5578/tt.20219906 |
Chicago | Karadağ Mehmet,Aydin Guclu Ozge,Gorek Dilektasli Asli,Coskun Funda,Uzaslan Esra Understanding university students’ smoking behaviors towards tobacco-free campus policy. Tüberküloz ve Toraks 69, no.1 (2021): 49 - 58. 10.5578/tt.20219906 |
MLA | Karadağ Mehmet,Aydin Guclu Ozge,Gorek Dilektasli Asli,Coskun Funda,Uzaslan Esra Understanding university students’ smoking behaviors towards tobacco-free campus policy. Tüberküloz ve Toraks, vol.69, no.1, 2021, ss.49 - 58. 10.5578/tt.20219906 |
AMA | Karadağ M,Aydin Guclu O,Gorek Dilektasli A,Coskun F,Uzaslan E Understanding university students’ smoking behaviors towards tobacco-free campus policy. Tüberküloz ve Toraks. 2021; 69(1): 49 - 58. 10.5578/tt.20219906 |
Vancouver | Karadağ M,Aydin Guclu O,Gorek Dilektasli A,Coskun F,Uzaslan E Understanding university students’ smoking behaviors towards tobacco-free campus policy. Tüberküloz ve Toraks. 2021; 69(1): 49 - 58. 10.5578/tt.20219906 |
IEEE | Karadağ M,Aydin Guclu O,Gorek Dilektasli A,Coskun F,Uzaslan E "Understanding university students’ smoking behaviors towards tobacco-free campus policy." Tüberküloz ve Toraks, 69, ss.49 - 58, 2021. 10.5578/tt.20219906 |
ISNAD | Karadağ, Mehmet vd. "Understanding university students’ smoking behaviors towards tobacco-free campus policy". Tüberküloz ve Toraks 69/1 (2021), 49-58. https://doi.org/10.5578/tt.20219906 |