Use of Tobacco Products in Turkish Children and YoungPeople: Is there an Alarm for Hookah Use?

GÖKTALAY T., ŞAKAR COŞKUN A., HAVLUCU Y., DİNÇ HORASAN G., BATI A. H., GÜNAY T., ...More

Turkish Thoracic Journal, vol.21, no.4, pp.234-241, 2020 (ESCI) identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 21 Issue: 4
  • Publication Date: 2020
  • Doi Number: 10.5152/turkthoracj.2019.19004
  • Journal Name: Turkish Thoracic Journal
  • Journal Indexes: Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI), Scopus, TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
  • Page Numbers: pp.234-241
  • Keywords: Youth, hookah use, tobacco products, SMOKING PREVALENCE, MEDICAL-STUDENTS, SCHOOL-STUDENTS, RISK-FACTORS, HEALTH, KNOWLEDGE
  • Dokuz Eylül University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

OBJECTIVES: In the recent years, it has been observed that the use of hookah, a tobacco product, has increased in children and young people in Turkey. This study was conducted to determine the prevalence of cigarette and hookah use in children and young people specific to age and gender and to define the factors relevant to the use of hookah.