RESUMO
Six months after new legislation in Turkey banning smoking in all public places, a national survey was carried out to assess its implementation. This paper summarizes the main findings on the public's awareness of and support for the new law. In a household interview survey of 32 972 adults representative of the Turkish adult population, a high proportion of both non-smokers and current smokers (91.4% and 67.2% respectively) strongly supported the new law. Knowledge about the health hazards of passive smoking and support for the law, however, were relatively lower among smokers than non-smokers. After controlling for smoking status, people with better knowledge about passive smoking were over 5 times more likely to support the new law. Tobacco control activities should be tailored to local needs, with afocus on increasing awareness about the health hazards of passive smoking. The study also demonstrated application of the lot quality sampling technique (LQT) for monitoring tobacco control activities in a national survey.
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Conhecimentos, Atitudes e Prática em Saúde , Amostragem para Garantia da Qualidade de Lotes/estatística & dados numéricos , Abandono do Hábito de Fumar/legislação & jurisprudência , Fumar/legislação & jurisprudência , Poluição por Fumaça de Tabaco/legislação & jurisprudência , Adulto , Distribuição por Idade , Idoso , Idoso de 80 Anos ou mais , Conscientização , Estudos Transversais , Coleta de Dados/métodos , Coleta de Dados/estatística & dados numéricos , Feminino , Humanos , Amostragem para Garantia da Qualidade de Lotes/métodos , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Distribuição por Sexo , Fumar/epidemiologia , Abandono do Hábito de Fumar/estatística & dados numéricos , Poluição por Fumaça de Tabaco/estatística & dados numéricos , Turquia/epidemiologia , Adulto JovemRESUMO
Six months after new legislation in Turkey banning smoking In all public places, a national survey was carried out to assess its implementation. This paper summarizes the main findings on the public's awareness of and support for the new law. In a household interview survey of 32 972 adults representative of the Turkish adult population, a high proportion of both non-smokers and current smokers [91.4% and 67.2% respectively] strongly supported the new law. Knowledge about the health hazards of passive smoking and support for the law, however, were relatively lower among smokers than non-smokers. After controlling for smoking status, people with better knowledge about passive smoking were over 5 times more likely to support the new law. Tobacco control activities should be tailored to local needs, with a focus on increasing awareness about the health hazards of passive smoking. The study also demonstrated application of the lot quality sampling technique [LQT] for monitoring tobacco control activities in a national survey
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Conscientização , Poluição por Fumaça de Tabaco , Fumar , Inquéritos e Questionários , Prevalência , Conhecimento , Substâncias Perigosas , Política AntifumoRESUMO
Authors have presented a case-report of a child with no or hardly developed roots of permanent teeth in the maxilla. Histological examinations of the removed teeth showed amelogenesis imperfecta and dentinogenesis imperfecta. The disturbance in root development is considered to be the consequence of the radiological treatment which was given to the child at the age of four because of the endodermal sinus tumor of the left middle nasal passage.
