title: What is behind smoking among pharmacy students: a quantitative and qualitative study from Turkey.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacy Management, School of Pharmacy, Hacettepe University, 06100, Sihhiye, Ankara, Turkey. selen@hacettepe.edu.tr
authors.forename: Selen
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yegenoglu
authors.forename: Dilek
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Aslan
authors.forename: Sefik Evren
authors.initials: SE
authors.lastname: Erdener
authors.forename: Aylin
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Acar
authors.forename: Nazmi
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Bilir
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002391:Catchment Area, Health; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010600:Pharmacology / Q000193:education*; D012907:Smoking / Q000453:epidemiology*; D013334:Students / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014421:Turkey / Q000453:epidemiology