Abstract
Introduction: One of the most globally present addiction is smoking. It is determined by several individual and environmental factors.
Objective: The purpose of this research is to estimate the influence off the migration crisis on the smoking habits of the migrant population (Syria, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iraq, and Morocco) housed in several refugee camps in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Methods: In the period from December 2018 to January 2019 we interviewed a total of randomly selected 110 migrants. The evaluation included 99 men (90%) and 11 women (10%), at the age of 16-64 years.
Results: Most of the patients migrated from their homeland two years ago. 85% of the subjects were active smokers and 15% were non-smokers. The evaluation of the results showed that 46 of the interviewed migrants (49%) who were previously active smokers had increased the number of smoked cigarettes since they left their homeland, 27 of the migrants (29%) are smoking less cigarettes since the beginning of the migrants crisis compared to their previous smoking habits, 21 migrants (22%) answered that they have started smoking during migration. Noone from the evaluated group quit smoking during the migration.
Conclusion: The migrants crisis has negative impact on the smoking habits of this group of respondents.
Keywords: Migrants, migrantion crisis, smoking habits
Footnotes
Cite this article as: European Respiratory Journal 2019; 54: Suppl. 63, PA4462.
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