EVALUATION OF THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SMOKING ATTITUDES OF PERSONS WITH SMOKING STATUS OF PARENTS

Introduction and Objective;Cigarette smoking increases risk for death from all causes in men ve women. About %80 of all deaths from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease are cause by smoking. Method;This study is made at Istanbul Sisli Etfal Training and Research Hospital since the patients selected from among persons enrolled in the smoking cessation clinic.The study investigates the relation between parental smoking and smoking initiation in their children in a new generation of participants recruited. Based on the inspection and survey results for the 2015-2016 year retrospective descriptive study has been questioned.Collected datas were examined at frequency and chisquare in SPSS20.0 version. Results and conclusions; A total of 200 patients enrolled in the study;%38.5 (n=77) were female and %61.5 (n:123) were male. Percentage of patients smoking starting age under 18 were%80.3(n:49).%75 (n=150)of the patients father was smoking, %30.5(n=61)of the patients mother was smoking.%55.7 (n=34) (p=0.267) of the male patients mother; %58.7(n=88) of the male patients father was smoking (p=0.154). %43(n=86) of the smoking patients siblings was smoking also. %44.7(n=67)of the patients with smoking sibling, their father was also smoking (p=0.01).The results of this study expand our understanding of the intergenerational transmission of smoking. The parents of the vast majority of smokers were found to be smokers also. Education on this issue is very important for parents to smoking affect subsequent generations.