[Smoking prevalence, XXXX @entity734 and effects of low cost cigarette sale among military healthcare personal in Turkish @entity1392 ].

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Health professionals, particularly clinicians and nurses in the community have an important role in preventing to start smoking. In our study; we aimed to determine the prevalence of cigarette smoking, @entity1239 @entity734 level and the effects of low price @entity286 sale among healthcare personal in a military hospital. A questionnaire was applied to healthcare personal, which evaluates their smoking habits, @entity1239 @entity734 level with Fagerstr  m Test for @entity1239 @entity734 (FTND) and the effects of low cost cigarette sale on smoking habits. Seventy male and 46 female among 138 healthcare personals (84%) responded to the questionnaire. Mean age of @entity1 was 33.7    5.6. Among all @entity1 , 53.4% were smoking. There was no significant difference between male and female @entity1 in case of smoking prevalence (p> 0.05). Seven @entity1 who started smoking regularly after they appointed to Turkish @entity1392 explained why they started smoking as secondary to lower cigarette prices in this country. 48.3% of @entity1 (40% of male smokers and 59.3% of female smokers) reported increased cigarette consumption as a result of low cost cigarette sales. There was a significant difference between male and female @entity1 in case of increase in cigarette consumption (< 0.05). According to results of FTND, about 70% of @entity1 were low and very low-dependant, and about 22% were high and very high- dependant smokers. Smoking prevalence of healthcare personal who participated in our study was higher than that reported for community and for other healthcare personal.
