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What is behind smoking among pharmacy students: a quantitative and qualitative study from Turkey.

Yegenoglu S, Aslan D, Erdener SE, Acar A, Bilir N

Department of Pharmacy Management, School of Pharmacy, Hacettepe University, 06100, Sihhiye, Ankara, Turkey. selen@hacettepe.edu.tr

This study, performed in two phases, compared the smoking status of first- and last-year pharmacy students and identified underlying factors of smoking using both "quantitative" and "qualitative" research techniques. The quantitative phase was a cross-sectional study with 207 students (of these, 102 were first-year and 105 were last-year students). The mean age at which first-year students tried tobacco/tobacco products was 14.1 +/- 3.2 and for last-year students, 16.0 +/- 2.4. The students completed an 18-item questionnaire at the end of the spring semester in May 2004. Chi-square and t-test analyses were used for statistical comparisons. Furthermore, focus group discussion techniques were used to find out the underlying factors of smoking in the second phase.

Published 9 February 2006 in Subst Use Misuse, 41(3): 405-14.
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