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ORIGINAL RESEARCH ARTICLES |
Smoking Among The Primary School Teachers
Dr.Yeltekin DEMİREL,a Dr.Aydın TOKTAMIŞ, a Dr.Naim NUR, b Dr.R. Erol SEZERa
aAile Hekimliği AD, bTıp Eğitimi AD, Cumhuriyet Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi, SİVAS
Objective: To predict smoking prevalence and attitudes toward smoking, as well as to provide preliminary data for a prospective interventional program among primary school teachers.
Material and Methods: A total 225 teachers employed at 10 randomly-selected primary schools were asked to anonymously submit a questionnaire consisting of 27 questions during the educational term 2002-2003.
Results: 212 teachers (123 male, 89 female) who correctly filled out the questionnaire were included in the final analysis. The mean age was 37.6 ± 9.3. One hundred-eleven (52.4%) were current smokers, 36 (17.0%) were former smokers and 65 (30.7%) had never smoked. The “quit” ratio was 24.5%. Most of the participants reported their age of initiation of smoking to be between the ages of 16 and 20 without gender bias.
Conclusion: Smoking prevalence among primary school teachers was very high and the “quit” ratio very low. We suggest that what is needed is an emergency interventional program to rectify the current state of affairs.Keywords: Smoking, prevalence, primary schoolsTurkiye Klinikleri J Med Sci 2004, 24:492-497
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