The relationship of the smoking status of students in the school of health and vocational school of health services with the dependent personality trait

The purpose of this study is to investigate the relationship between the smoking prevalence and dependent personality trait of the students receiving health education in Bitlis Eren University. The students who were enrolled in and were continuing to attend Bitlis Eren University School of Health and Vocational School of Health Services in the 2011-2012 academic year were selected in the sample. The questionnaires were applied to the students under supervision between December 2011 and January 2012. The mean age of 413 students participating in the study was 20.8, and 49.9% of them were male, and 50.1% were female. While the smoking rate was 29.8% in the sample group, this rate was 45.6% in the male students and 14% in the female students. When the smokers and those who quit smoking were assigned to a group and compared with those who never smoked, the dependent personality scores of the students who were smoking or quit smoking were lower than those who never smoked before (p