Letter to Editor

Cigarette, A Child!

Volume: 11 Number: 1 March 20, 2017
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Cigarette, A Child!

Abstract

Loneliness pushes the person to seek solutions. When smokers are asked, unfortunately cigarette smoking is regarded as a way to cope with loneliness. An elderly male patient without children regarded cigarette as his own child. Therefore, he could not even think of quitting smoking. In resisting cases, firstly the etiology of smoking addiction should be determined, then psychotherapeutic support should be provided. 

 

Yalnızlık, kişiyi çözüm yolları aramaya iter. Sigara, maalesef içicilere sorulduğunda yalnızlıkla başa çıkma yollarından biri olarak görülmektedir. Çocuğu olmayan yaşlı bir hastamız sigarayı kendi evladı yerine koymaktadır. Bu yüzden sigarayı bırakmayı henüz düşünmemektedir. Dirençli vakalarda önce sigara bağımlılığının etyolojisi saptanmalı, sonra psikoterapi desteği sağlanmalıdır.

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Details

Primary Language

Turkish

Subjects

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Journal Section

Letter to Editor

Authors

Onur Öztürk
Asarcık Family Healthcare Center, Samsun, Turkey
Türkiye

Publication Date

March 20, 2017

Submission Date

March 1, 2017

Acceptance Date

February 17, 2017

Published in Issue

Year 2017 Volume: 11 Number: 1

APA
Öztürk, O. (2017). Cigarette, A Child! Turkish Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care, 11(1), 1-3. https://doi.org/10.21763/tjfmpc.295607
AMA
1.Öztürk O. Cigarette, A Child! TJFMPC. 2017;11(1):1-3. doi:10.21763/tjfmpc.295607
Chicago
Öztürk, Onur. 2017. “Cigarette, A Child!”. Turkish Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care 11 (1): 1-3. https://doi.org/10.21763/tjfmpc.295607.
EndNote
Öztürk O (March 1, 2017) Cigarette, A Child! Turkish Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care 11 1 1–3.
IEEE
[1]O. Öztürk, “Cigarette, A Child!”, TJFMPC, vol. 11, no. 1, pp. 1–3, Mar. 2017, doi: 10.21763/tjfmpc.295607.
ISNAD
Öztürk, Onur. “Cigarette, A Child!”. Turkish Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care 11/1 (March 1, 2017): 1-3. https://doi.org/10.21763/tjfmpc.295607.
JAMA
1.Öztürk O. Cigarette, A Child! TJFMPC. 2017;11:1–3.
MLA
Öztürk, Onur. “Cigarette, A Child!”. Turkish Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care, vol. 11, no. 1, Mar. 2017, pp. 1-3, doi:10.21763/tjfmpc.295607.
Vancouver
1.Onur Öztürk. Cigarette, A Child! TJFMPC. 2017 Mar. 1;11(1):1-3. doi:10.21763/tjfmpc.295607

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