August 2015 Vol. 3 No. 8

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Original Research Article

A Community-based Study in Mersin: Factors Affecting the Prevalence of Smoking and Smoking Cessation in Adults

Seva Oner*, Ozgu Ekinci, Hakkı Aktas and C. Tayyar Sasmaz

Mersin University, Faculty of Medicine, Public Health Department, Mersin/Turkey

*Corresponding Author’s E-mail: sevaloner@yahoo.com
Phone: +90 324 361 00 01 / 1047
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Accepted August 23, 2015

Abstract

This study was performed to investigate the factors involved in the prevalence of smoking and smoking cessation. A total of 730 individuals participated in our study among whom 372 (51.0%) were male. While 306 (41.9) of the participants were active smokers, 131 (18.0%) had quitted smoking. Active smoking has a positive correlation with factors such as being male, being divorced/widowed, having lifetime smoking mother and father and having increased number of lifetime smoking in the family, whereas it has a negative correlation with increasing age. Increasing age and rising number of ex-smokers in the family elevate the prevalences of smoking cessation.

Keywords: Smoking cessation, Smoking, Stop-smoking center, Tobacco