Gundogdu Cemal, Oguzoncul A Ferdane
Academy of Physical Education and Sports, Faculty of Medicine, Firat University, Elazig, Turkey.
Southeast Asian J Trop Med Public Health. 2013 Jul 4;44(4):712-7.
We studied the relationship between smoking and exercise among physical education teachers in Turkey. An online questionnaire was used to collect data. The responses of 1,995 teachers who completed the questionnaire were evaluated. The mean age of the participants was 31.0 +/- 4.7 years; 67.4% of the participants were male. The smoking rate was 65.2%. The mean age of onset of smoking was 16.6 +/- 2.6 years. The age of starting smoking increased with higher parental education level. There were no differences between smokers and nonsmokers with respect to gender. Of smokers, 51.2% were married; 52.4% were in the 30-39 year old age group. The most common reasons for starting smoking were the influence of friends and emulation. The most common reason for trying to quit smoking among men was future health concerns and among women was current health concerns. We found smoking was less common among participants who exercised regularly. The level of nicotine dependence was significantly lower among participants who exercised regularly compared to those who did not. This study suggests physical education teachers, who are role models for their students, have a high smoking rate. We believe urgent action is needed to reduce the smoking rate and increase the quit rate among physical education teachers.
我们研究了土耳其体育教师中吸烟与运动之间的关系。通过在线问卷收集数据。对完成问卷的1995名教师的回答进行了评估。参与者的平均年龄为31.0 +/- 4.7岁；67.4%的参与者为男性。吸烟率为65.2%。开始吸烟的平均年龄为16.6 +/- 2.6岁。开始吸烟的年龄随着父母教育水平的提高而增加。吸烟者和非吸烟者在性别方面没有差异。在吸烟者中，51.2%已婚；52.4%属于30-39岁年龄组。开始吸烟的最常见原因是朋友的影响和模仿。男性尝试戒烟的最常见原因是对未来健康的担忧，女性则是对当前健康的担忧。我们发现，经常锻炼的参与者中吸烟情况较少。与不经常锻炼的参与者相比，经常锻炼的参与者尼古丁依赖水平显著较低。这项研究表明，作为学生榜样的体育教师吸烟率很高。我们认为需要采取紧急行动来降低体育教师的吸烟率并提高戒烟率。
