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18330752

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
2008-3-11
pubmed:abstractText
To determine the prevalence of cigarette smoking, to examine the risk factors affecting smoking amongst adults and to assess the opinion of patients about quitting smoking who were evaluated at our outpatient clinic. Six hundred fifty-nine patients who were evaluated at our outpatient clinic between June 2005 and June 2006 were included in the study. This is a cross-sectional study that evaluates prevalence of smoking. Data gathered by applying face to face questionnaires. The mean age of 659 participants [417 (63.3%) males and 242 (36.7%) females] was 53.1 +/- 16.2 years. The prevalences were; 33% (n= 218) smokers, 39% (n= 258) ex-smokers and 28% (n= 183) non-smokers. Smoking prevalence under age of 50 was significantly higher (p= 0.0001). There was a positive significant relation between education and smoking amongst women, but this relationship was not significant amongst men. The most common reason for beginning smoking was because of friends (72%). 86% wanted to quit smoking. 48.9% tried to quit smoking but couldn't be successful. The prevalence of active smoking and quit smoking among patients who applied to pulmonary medicine outpatient clinic were 33% and 28%, respectively. The ratio of smoking and smoking pack-years was higher among men. Eighty-six percent of patients wanted to quit, 25% tried to quit but could not be successful, and 49% quit smoking but began smoking again. According to these findings, patients who were smoking wanted to quit but couldn't be successful without a professional help. We planned to found a smoking cessation outpatient clinic at our department.
pubmed:language
tur
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0494-1373
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
56
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
30-6
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2008
pubmed:articleTitle
[The characteristics of smoking habit among patients evaluated at our outpatient clinic].
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Chest Diseases, Faculty of Medicine, Pamukkale University, Denizli, Turkey.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, English Abstract