Determinating of Smoking Habits of People Who Do Sports and Fitness in Elazığ

In this study it is aimed to find out the behavior of smoking among the students who does sports and fitness aged 18-25. The environment of the study is Elazig and the samples of the study are the fitness and sport centers. To get the data a questionnaire form made up of four parts was used. In the 1st part questions about personal information and family, in the 2nd part questions about personal information of the person who attended the study, in the 3rd part questions about daily smoking habits, in the 4th part questions about smoking behaviors were asked. For the study 200 questionnaires were used, frequency and percentage distribution was calculated and given. Frequency and percentage distribution of daily smoking habits and personal information of people doing fitness and sports who attended the study were shown. Smoking habits of people who does fitness and sports were tested by using the questionnaire. 200 people answered the questionnaire. %15 of the attendees were aged 17-18, %10 aged 19- 20, %15 aged 21-22, %25 aged 23-24, %35 aged over 25. %85 of the attendees were single and %15 of them were married. %10 of the attendees were living in big cities, %80 of them were living in city centers, %5 of them were living in counties and %5 of them were living in towns or villages. %85 of the attendees had elementary families, %12 of them had extended families and %13 of them had separated families. As a result according to the study the rate of smoking habit among the people who are doing fitness and sport is high also it is seen that the smoking rate of man is higher than the smoking rate of women. The students attended to the questionnaire who wanted to be a model for not smoking get 0.85 points in other words %85 give. Also panels and conferences should be given to people who does fitness and sport to tell them the negative effects of smoking to the performance and health of the sportsman to make them stop smoking.