DOI: 10.30565/medalanya.1881843 ISSN: 2587-0319

Relationship Between Smartphone Addiction and Cigarette Dependence in Adolescents: A Comparative Cross-Sectional Study

İsmail Akaltun, Hamza Ayaydın
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Aim: Smartphone addiction and cigarette smoking are common in adolescents. This study compared smoking prevalence in adolescents with and without smartphone addiction and examined the relationship between smartphone addiction severity and nicotine dependence among smokers with smartphone addiction.Methods: This comparative cross-sectional study included 160 adolescents aged 12–18 years from two child and adolescent psychiatry clinics (December 2018–January 2019): 80 with and 80 without smartphone addiction. Smartphone addiction was defined by clinical assessment and/or SAS-SV cut-offs (males ≥31, females ≥33). Current smoking was defined as ≥1 cigarette/day. All participants completed the SAS-SV; smokers completed the FTND. Groups were compared using Mann–Whitney U and chi-square tests; SAS-SV–FTND correlations were assessed with Spearman rho and Pearson r as a sensitivity analysis.Results: Smoking prevalence was 38.8% (31/80) in the study group and 15.0% (12/80) in controls (OR=3.59; 95% CI 1.68–7.67; p

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