Cigarette smoking in adolescents with type 1 diabetes mellitus and congenital adrenal hyperplasia

Adolescence is a long period involving many physical and psycho-social changes experienced during transition from childhood to adulthood. In this period, behaviors such as curiosity and risk-taking are common, and cigarette smoking initiation is one of those behaviors. In this study, it was aimed t...

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Main Authors: Pelin Asfuroğlu, Aslıhan Araslı-Yılmaz, Zehra Aycan
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Published: Hacettepe University Institute of Child Health 2019-04-01
Series:The Turkish Journal of Pediatrics
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Online Access:https://turkjpediatr.org/article/view/679
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description Adolescence is a long period involving many physical and psycho-social changes experienced during transition from childhood to adulthood. In this period, behaviors such as curiosity and risk-taking are common, and cigarette smoking initiation is one of those behaviors. In this study, it was aimed to find out whether chronic diseases are an effective factor or not in the cigarette smoking initiation of adolescents. One-hundred adolescents with Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus (T1DM) and 50 adolescents with Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia (CAH) aged 12 and above under follow-up at the Pediatric Endocrinology Clinic and 100 healthy adolescents within the same age group who applied to the Adolescent Outpatient Clinic were included in the study. A survey was applied to all of these adolescents, which had been developed by researchers and contained questions about their socio-demographic features and cigarette smoking. Fourteen (5.6%) of the 250 adolescents were smokers. The rate of those who tried, but quitted cigarette smoking was found as approximately 20%. Cigarette smoking rate of those with T1DM was 1%, of those with CAH was 4%, and of the healthy adolescents was 11%. Cigarette smoking was significantly lower in those with a chronic disease (2%) than those who were healthy (11%). Adolescents` parents and friends had an effect on the cigarette smoking initiation, and adolescents smoked their first cigarette generally because of curiosity. It was seen in this study that the adolescents with a chronic disease less frequently smoked cigarettes than the healthy adolescents, the rate of cigarette smoking in parents of cigarette smoking adolescents was very high, and their parents and friends had an effect on cigarette smoking initiation of adolescents.
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spelling doaj-art-58f584c246e241dfab8cf85b0a21098f2025-08-20T03:00:53ZengHacettepe University Institute of Child HealthThe Turkish Journal of Pediatrics0041-43012791-64212019-04-0161210.24953/turkjped.2019.02.012Cigarette smoking in adolescents with type 1 diabetes mellitus and congenital adrenal hyperplasiaPelin Asfuroğlu0Aslıhan Araslı-Yılmaz1Zehra Aycan2Department of Pediatrics, University of Health Sciences, Dr. Sami Ulus Obstetrics and Gynecology and Pediatrics Training and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey.Clinic of Pediatric Endocrinology, Dr. Sami Ulus Obstetrics and Gynecology and Pediatrics Training and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey.Clinic of Pediatric Endocrinology, Dr. Sami Ulus Obstetrics and Gynecology and Pediatrics Training and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey. Adolescence is a long period involving many physical and psycho-social changes experienced during transition from childhood to adulthood. In this period, behaviors such as curiosity and risk-taking are common, and cigarette smoking initiation is one of those behaviors. In this study, it was aimed to find out whether chronic diseases are an effective factor or not in the cigarette smoking initiation of adolescents. One-hundred adolescents with Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus (T1DM) and 50 adolescents with Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia (CAH) aged 12 and above under follow-up at the Pediatric Endocrinology Clinic and 100 healthy adolescents within the same age group who applied to the Adolescent Outpatient Clinic were included in the study. A survey was applied to all of these adolescents, which had been developed by researchers and contained questions about their socio-demographic features and cigarette smoking. Fourteen (5.6%) of the 250 adolescents were smokers. The rate of those who tried, but quitted cigarette smoking was found as approximately 20%. Cigarette smoking rate of those with T1DM was 1%, of those with CAH was 4%, and of the healthy adolescents was 11%. Cigarette smoking was significantly lower in those with a chronic disease (2%) than those who were healthy (11%). Adolescents` parents and friends had an effect on the cigarette smoking initiation, and adolescents smoked their first cigarette generally because of curiosity. It was seen in this study that the adolescents with a chronic disease less frequently smoked cigarettes than the healthy adolescents, the rate of cigarette smoking in parents of cigarette smoking adolescents was very high, and their parents and friends had an effect on cigarette smoking initiation of adolescents. https://turkjpediatr.org/article/view/679adolescentcigarette smokingcongenital adrenal hyperplasiatype 1 diabetes mellitus
spellingShingle Pelin Asfuroğlu
Aslıhan Araslı-Yılmaz
Zehra Aycan
Cigarette smoking in adolescents with type 1 diabetes mellitus and congenital adrenal hyperplasia
The Turkish Journal of Pediatrics
adolescent
cigarette smoking
congenital adrenal hyperplasia
type 1 diabetes mellitus
title Cigarette smoking in adolescents with type 1 diabetes mellitus and congenital adrenal hyperplasia
title_full Cigarette smoking in adolescents with type 1 diabetes mellitus and congenital adrenal hyperplasia
title_fullStr Cigarette smoking in adolescents with type 1 diabetes mellitus and congenital adrenal hyperplasia
title_full_unstemmed Cigarette smoking in adolescents with type 1 diabetes mellitus and congenital adrenal hyperplasia
title_short Cigarette smoking in adolescents with type 1 diabetes mellitus and congenital adrenal hyperplasia
title_sort cigarette smoking in adolescents with type 1 diabetes mellitus and congenital adrenal hyperplasia
topic adolescent
cigarette smoking
congenital adrenal hyperplasia
type 1 diabetes mellitus
url https://turkjpediatr.org/article/view/679
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