Smoking in Children: A Habit or Fixation?

Abstract

Even though most of the Indian population lives in a joint family system, where the focus of attention for the family is the child; still smoking in childhood and adolescence is very much prevalent. What is most disturbing about this fact, three-quarters of adolescents who smoke frequently carry on smoking as adults. It brings us to the point that, do we need to think of any other alternative, or do we need to shift our focus to some other direction? Should the focus be shifted from habit to years of psychological and personality development of the child?

Keywords

• Adolescents
• Children
• Fixation
• Habits
• Smoking

Çocuklarda Sigara: Bir Alışkanlık mı, Yoksa Saplantı mı?

Öz

Hint nüfusunun çoğu, ailenin ilgi odağının çocuk olduğu ortak bir aile sisteminde yaşıyor olsa da çocukluk ve ergenlik döneminde hala sigara içmek çok yaygındır. Bu gerçeğin en rahatsız edici yanı, sık sık sigara içen ergenlerin dörtte üçünün yetişkin olduklarında da sigara içmeye devam etmeleridir. Bizi şu noktaya getiriyor; başka bir alternatif düşünmemiz mi gerekiyor yoksa odağımızı başka bir yöne mi kaydırmamız gerekiyor? Odak noktası, alışkanlıktan çocuğun yıllarca süren psikolojik ve kişilik gelişimine kaydırılmalı mı?

Anahtar Kelimeler

• Alışkanlık
• çocuklar
• ergenler
• saplantı
• sigara

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