Universal Journal of Public Health Vol. 11(1), pp. 68 - 77
DOI: 10.13189/ujph.2023.110108
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Women's Smoking as an Important Problem of Public Health

Grygoriy Griban ^1,*, Olha Zablotska ², Serhii Kudin ³, Liudmyla Zavatska ⁴, Hanna Zhara ³, Iryna Nikolaieva ², Pavlo Tkachenko ⁵, Roman Golovashchenko ⁶, Oleksandr Lavrentiev ⁶, Mykola Puzdymir ⁷, Kostiantyn Prontenko ^8
1 Department of Physical Education and Sport Improvement, Zhytomyr Ivan Franko State University, Zhytomyr, Ukraine
² Department of Technologies of Medical Diagnostics and Treatment, Public Health, Zhytomyr Medical Institute of Zhytomyr Regional Council, Zhytomyr, Ukraine
³ Department of Biological Bases of Physical Education, Health and Sports, T.H. Shevchenko National University "Chernihiv Colehium", Chernihiv, Ukraine
⁴ Department of Social Work and Educational and Pedagogical Sciences, T.H. Shevchenko National University "Chernihiv Colehium", Chernihiv, Ukraine
⁵ Department of Physical Education, Polissia National University, Zhytomyr, Ukraine
⁶ Department of Physical Education, Sports and Health, State Tax University, Irpin, Ukraine
⁷ Department of Physical Education and Sports, Vinnytsia Institute of Trade and Economics of State University of Trade and Economics, Vinnytsia, Ukraine
⁸ Department of Physical Education, Special Physical Training and Sport, S. P. Koroliov Zhytomyr Military Institute, Zhytomyr, 10008, Ukraine

ABSTRACT

Today, smoking has become a pandemic not only in the medical aspect, but also psychological, economic and social. This problem is especially acute today for the female part of the world's population, as the female body is more susceptible to the negative effects of nicotine. Women's refusal to smoke will reduce the risk of developing diseases and improve their health. The aim of the article is to explore women's motivation to tobacco smoking and quitting this addiction. We conducted a sociological survey among female smokers who visit beauty salons in order to find out the prevalence of smoking among women and assess their motivation to quit this addiction. The survey involved 150 women of different age groups. It was determined that solving the problem of tobacco smoking among female smokers requires taking into account their individual and age characteristics in order to correctly select the motivational factors for smoking cessation. It was found that despite active preventive measures taken by public health bodies in every country of the world, the rates of smoking among women, mainly of reproductive age, are increasing, which poses a threat to human health in general and requires revision and improvement of approaches to counteracting the involvement of women in the use of tobacco products. Based on the results of the research, practical recommendations have been developed to improve the smoking counteraction system in the direction of individual work undertaken by public health professionals with women, taking into account their motivation to smoking and quitting it.

KEYWORDS
Women, Smoking, Motivation, Addiction, Public Health

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[1] Grygoriy Griban , Olha Zablotska , Serhii Kudin , Liudmyla Zavatska , Hanna Zhara , Iryna Nikolaieva , Pavlo Tkachenko , Roman Golovashchenko , Oleksandr Lavrentiev , Mykola Puzdymir , Kostiantyn Prontenko , "Women's Smoking as an Important Problem of Public Health," Universal Journal of Public Health, Vol. 11, No. 1, pp. 68 - 77, 2023. DOI: 10.13189/ujph.2023.110108.

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Grygoriy Griban , Olha Zablotska , Serhii Kudin , Liudmyla Zavatska , Hanna Zhara , Iryna Nikolaieva , Pavlo Tkachenko , Roman Golovashchenko , Oleksandr Lavrentiev , Mykola Puzdymir , Kostiantyn Prontenko (2023). Women's Smoking as an Important Problem of Public Health. Universal Journal of Public Health, 11(1), 68 - 77. DOI: 10.13189/ujph.2023.110108.