TY - JOUR T1 - Tobacco products exposure status of students JF - European Respiratory Journal JO - Eur Respir J DO - 10.1183/13993003.congress-2021.PA3208 VL - 58 IS - suppl 65 SP - PA3208 AU - Dilek Karadoğan AU - Yalçın Kanbay AU - Özgür Önal Y1 - 2021/09/05 UR - http://erj.ersjournals.com/content/58/suppl_65/PA3208.abstract N2 - Abstract Title: Tobacco products exposure status of studentsIntoduction: Students of high school level are the potential beginners of tobacco products, particularly cigarettes. We aimed to evaluate the cigarette smoking status of students and influencing factors.Methods: This cross-sectional study was carried out in a university preparatory course in Kars province just after obtaining ethical approvals in year 2019. The study population consist of high school students and high school graduates. A self-administered questionnaire was used to collect information regarding sociodemographic characteristics, tobacco products smoking status, and related risk factors.Results: Totally 870 students were evaluated with a mean age 17.8±1.14. Most of them were female (54.1%), graduated from high school (65.3%), have smoker family members (63.7%). Rate of cigarette smokers was 26%; 43%among males, 11.6% among females. Among graduate students cigarette smoking rate was highest (30.1%), that rate was 24.3% among last class students and 8.8% among the rest (second and third classes). Male gender, older age, alcohol consumption, having smoker family member were positively associated with cigarette smoking (p<0.05). Among smokers 86.2% of them also had smoked hookah and 54.9% of them had e-cigarette use. Students who were older than age 20, have smoker close friends, have frequent alcohol consumption and e-cigarette use had higher Fagerström test score (p<0.05).Measurements and Main Results: Our results showed that graduate students had highest cigarette smoking rate and first class students had lowest rate. Tobacco control policies should focus on students of high schools.FootnotesCite this article as: European Respiratory Journal 2021; 58: Suppl. 65, PA3208.This abstract was presented at the 2021 ERS International Congress, in session “Prediction of exacerbations in patients with COPD”.This is an ERS International Congress abstract. No full-text version is available. Further material to accompany this abstract may be available at www.ers-education.org (ERS member access only). ER -