Çakir Mustafa
Department of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul Medeniyet University, Istanbul, Turkey.
Iran J Public Health. 2023 Apr;52(4):766-772. doi: 10.18502/ijph.v52i4.12447.
The aim of the present study was to evaluate the use of tobacco products and associated factors in Turkey based on the Turkey Health Survey 2019 data conducted by the Turkish Statistical Institute (TUIK).
The study was designed as a cross-sectional research. It was conducted by utilizing the "Turkey Health Survey 2019" microdata set from the Turkish Statistical Institute. The data of 17,084 people aged 15 years and over were evaluated.
The study examined the data of 17,084 individuals aged ≥15 years surveyed by the TUIK. 27.2% of the participants used tobacco products every day, 3.4% used occasionally, and 54.2% never used them. Furthermore, 15.8% of the participants were exposed to secondhand smoking for ≥1 hour every day, while 7% were exposed to secondhand smoking for <1 hour every day in a closed environment. The reasons for starting to use tobacco products were friend influence for 33.4% of the participants, wannabe for 25.2%, and curiosity for 18.6%.
More than a quarter of people aged ≥15 years in Turkey smoke every day. The frequency of using tobacco products every day, the daily number of cigarettes smoked, and the frequency of exposure to tobacco products in closed areas were higher among men.
本研究旨在根据土耳其统计局(TUIK)开展的2019年土耳其健康调查数据,评估土耳其烟草制品的使用情况及相关因素。
本研究设计为横断面研究。利用土耳其统计局的“2019年土耳其健康调查”微观数据集进行研究。对17084名15岁及以上人群的数据进行了评估。
该研究调查了由土耳其统计局调查的17084名年龄≥15岁的个体的数据。27.2%的参与者每天使用烟草制品,3.4%偶尔使用,54.2%从未使用过。此外,15.8%的参与者每天暴露于二手烟环境中≥1小时,而7%的参与者在封闭环境中每天暴露于二手烟环境中<1小时。开始使用烟草制品的原因中,33.4%的参与者是受朋友影响,25.2%是出于模仿心理,18.6%是出于好奇。
土耳其15岁及以上人群中超过四分之一的人每天吸烟。男性每天使用烟草制品的频率、每日吸烟支数以及在封闭区域接触烟草制品的频率更高。