The attidude of the teachers working in Manisa City Center toward the practice of the law on prevention of hazards of tobacco products numbered 5727 and the rate of smoking cessation among teachers
Makaleler > Tam Makale · 2012
Yazarlar: Tuğba Göktalay, Yavuz Yıldız, Ayşın Şakar Coşkun, Hakan Baydur, Saliha Altıparmak, Gül Gerçeklioğlu, Selhan Özbey, Pınar Güzel, Yavuz Yıldız, Nilgün Vurgun, Cenk Zongur, Hilal Batı, Türkan Günay, Gönül Dinç
European Respiratory Journal, Uluslararası, Wos, 2012, cilt 40, ss 4060-
Özet
This study is aimed to investigate the attitude of the teachers in Manisa toward the taw numbered 5727 came into force on 19 July 2009 and the smoking cessation rate before and after application of this law. The study was conduced in 727 teachers working in primary and secondary schools in Manisa between May2011 and June2011.588 teachers(80,8%)participated to the study filed out the questionnaire. 47,8% of them was male.Rate of ex-smokers and current smokers were 30% and 36.1% in male and 16.7%and 26.4% in female respectively.97.3% of nonsmokers,94.5% of ex-smokers,100% of occasionally smokers,and 75.5%of current smokers supported the law(p Teachers have a positive attitude about the law. Smoking cessation rate in current smoker teachers was significantly increased after July 2007.