Tobacco use and sociodemographic characteristics among adolescents in Turkey: a secondary analysis of the global youth tobacco survey
Bildiriler > Özet Bildiri · 2024
Yazarlar: İnci Derya YÜCEL, Görkem YARARBAŞ, Hür HASSOY
EUROPEAN ASSOCIATION OF SUBSTANCE ABUSE RESEARCH 27th EASAR Conference, Çek Cumhuriyeti, Prag, Uluslararası, Sözlü Sunum, Özet Bildiri, 2024-2024, ss 10-10
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<p><strong>Background</strong>: 28% of adolescents have tried tobacco smoking at least once (WHO Global Youth Tobacco Survey (GYTS) 2017). Prevention of smoking initiation is more critical than cessation efforts in terms of primary prevention. <strong>Objectives</strong>: The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence and frequency of smoking initiation among adolescents aged 11-17 years in Turkey and to determine the relationship between these variables and sociodemographic characteristics. </p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>In this study the data from the 2017 GYTS was utilized including 122.040 participants. The analyses were performed on 114.543 participants and analysed separately in males/females. Dependent variables; attempt to smoke tobacco and smoking tobacco in the last 30 days; independent variables; age, gender, weekly school allowance, parental education level and parental employment status. Descriptive statistics were analysed using numbers, percentages, means, and ± SD with pairwise comparisons by using chi-square. The data was analysed using SPSS version 25.0. A significance level of p<0.05 was used. </p><p><strong>Results</strong>: The age groups were ranged from 11-younger to 17 year-olds. All participants mostly spent in moderate level; their fathers were mostly primary/secondary educated (50.3%). Among all participants; tendency to use tobacco increases as age increases; as weekly spending money increases and having a mother who is the only employed parent. Only in males; tendency to tobacco use of adolescents increases as their fathers or mothers’ education level decreases. The frequency of tobacco-use increases with age among occasional smokers and increases with the amount of weekly allowance. </p><p><strong>Conclusion</strong>: Maternal working-status, low level educated parents and socioeconomic levels are the risk factors that should be considered when developing smoking cessation interventions for adolescents.</p><p> <strong>Funding Source</strong>: No financial resources were utilised for this study.</p><p> <strong>Ethical Statement</strong>: This study was derived from the available open access data of WHO Global Youth Tobacco Survey (GYTS) 2017. </p><p><strong>Conflict of Interest: </strong>The authors declare no conflicts of interest. </p><p><strong>Keywords</strong>: Tobacco use, adolescent, sociodemographic characteristics. </p>