Waterpipe Smoking: An İncidios Threat For The Young

2016-06-10T17-09-06Z
Source: Turkish Journal of Family Medicine & Primary Care
Süheyl Asma, Çiğdem Gereklioğlu, Aslı Korur, Soner Solmaz.
Various use types of tobacco include chewing tobacco, pipe, cigar, cigarette smoking and waterpipe smoking. Waterpipe is mostly used by the elderly in middle-east countries.Its use is gradually increasing among the young worldwide and also in our country. It is rapidly becoming common among the young due to newly produced aromatic forms. Tobacco and waterpipe smoking is a serios public health problem. Waterpipe smoking-related health risks are known. Prevention and information done by law makers, local authoroties beside media are of importance for reducing its use. In addition, in the context of community-oriented patient care , proper and effective interventions and improvement of health and wellness principles of family medicine, family physicians being a pioneer for providing sufficient information particulary for the young, family members and the community about this issue and taking measures is of great importance. In this review, it was aimed to improve the awareness of family physicians about waterpipe smoking.


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