Although smoking by adults in @entity233 is a widely practiced, socially accepted habit, social influences on @entity286 uptake by Turkish youth have been studied little. This paper reports findings from interviews (42 10th graders plus 10 other students and 24 adults) and three focus groups in a study with high school students in Dursunbey, @entity233 . Interviewees reported that youth smoking is not culturally acceptable, but that contradictory messages and pressures abound. A context in which smoking is embedded in @entity1 's and @entity1 's social environments influences many youth to become smokers. Smoking is expected of @entity1 by the time they enter military service or are economically independent. Smoking by @entity1 , especially professionals, is increasingly common. Although virtually all adults disapprove of youth's smoking as age-inappropriate behavior, ubiquitous counter-examples of adult smoking in homes, schools, coffee houses and media dilute @entity286 controls. Few youth or adults expressed concern about the relationship of @entity286 to health. Sanctions in family and school environments are little enforced. Students' smoking-related attitudes and behaviors appear modeled more after behavior of their teachers than their less-educated parents, and smoking is common by teachers at school. Reduction of smoking by Turkish youth calls for comprehensive, sustained programs to de-normalize @entity286 use in family, school and other settings, with special attention to smoking uptake by young @entity1 .

Mixed messages: a qualitative study of the meanings and context of high school students' XXXX use in @entity233 .

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['women', 'men'] @entity286 :: ('4097', 'Species') :: ['tobacco'] @entity233 :: ('9103', 'Species') :: ['Turkey']
@entity286 :: (4097,Species) :: ['tobacco']
