Evaluation of Smoking Habits of Dentistry Faculty of Dicle University Senior Students

Abstract

Standard cigarettes are the most common form of tobacco consumption. This study, it was aimed to determine the smoking habits of senior students of the faculty of dentistry, who represent the young population and will play an important role in the fight against smoking in the future. The research was carried out in the Dentistry Faculty of Dicle University in April and May of
2021. 48 senior students of the Dentistry Faculty participated in the study. The smoking habits of the students who participated in the study and the number of years they have been smoking were investigated. The data obtained were evaluated with the chi-square test. The rate of smoking, which was 27.1% before the internship in dentistry, increased to 50% during the internship (p< 0.05). While this rate was 92.3% for boys before the internship and 7.7% for girls, it was determined as 70.9% for boys and 20.1% for girls after the internship. It was determined that there was an increase in the rate of smoking among trainees during their
dental internship, but this increase was higher in girls than in boys.