Knowledge regarding hazards and legislation of tobacco consumption among undergraduate students in Rajkot &amp; Morbi Districts, Gujarat, India, 2016

Matariya, Zalak R; Namera, Harshida K.; Patel, Umed V

doi:10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20171334

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“…This difference of tobacco use among students of urban and rural area school was statistically significant (p=0.0084). Similar to the present study Matariya et al in Gujrat also observed that students from the rural area (9.8%) consume more tobacco compared to urban area (6.4%) [12]. However, a study conducted in Karnataka by Gururaj found tobacco use was more in transitional Karnataka (10.1%) than rural (4.7%) students [13].…”

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Estimation of Prevalence and Pattern of Tobacco Use: A Cross-Sectional Study Among School Adolescents

Kumar¹,

Jain²,

Jain³

et al. 2023

Asian J Pharm Clin Res

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Background: Over the world, tobacco kills more than 8 million people every year. A WHO report on tobacco consumption mention that tobacco consumption in India will continue to increase at 2.4% per annum and most of the new users will be school children. Objectives: The objective of the study was to estimate prevalence and pattern of tobacco use among school-going adolescents and to assess their knowledge of harmful effects of tobacco. Methods: A cross-sectional study was carried out at government schools in urban and rural field practices areas of Jhalawar Medical College, Jhalawar. A semi-structured questionnaire pertaining information regarding age, sex, use of tobacco, knowledge of hazards, etc., was used for data collection. Results: Out of the 337 students, 15.1% reported an experience of any type of tobacco use. 8.61% students use smoking form of tobacco, 6.52% student use smokeless tobacco, and 1.48% of students use both form of tobacco. The difference of tobacco use among boys and girls student was statistically significant. Most common influential factor for tobacco use was peer pressure among the tobacco user. Out of the 51 tobacco users, adolescent students 31.37% have desire to quit tobacco. Conclusion: High prevalence of tobacco use among school-going students was alarming situation. The desire to quit tobacco among adolescent was very low.

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confidence: 87%

“…Other study also reported that friends pressure and tobacco user family member were common influencing factor [14,15]. However, other study by Matariya and Patel reported that commonest reasons for the initiation of tobacco consumption were friends and mental stress [12,16].…”

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confidence: 99%