Prevalence and Determinants of Cigarette Smoking among the College Students of Kathmandu Valley

Aryal, Umesh Raj; Deuba, Keshab; Subedi, Arjun; Shrestha, Rachana Manandhar; Bhatta, Laxmi

doi:10.3126/ajms.v1i2.3279

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“…Dharan (19.7%), Pokhara (47.1%), Kalaiya (25.3%) and (13.9%) among junior collegiate of western Nepal. 4,8,12,13 The prevalence of smoking among adolescencents was high in African countries i.e. Sierra Leone, Lesotho and Madagascar compared with the findings of this study.…”

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Prevalence of Tobacco Use and Its Associated Factors among School Going Adolescents in Birgunj Sub-Metropolitan, Nepal

Chaudhary

Bhandari

2019

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Tobacco use means consumption of any form of tobacco products either smoked or smokeless. Common used tobacco products are cigarette, cigars, pipe tobacco and favored Sisha tobacco, Surti/khaini, Panmasala, and Gutkha. It is one of the major causes of preventable mortality and morbidity worldwide. Objective of the study was to assess the prevalence of tobacco use and its associated factors among higher secondary school going adolescents of Birgunj Sub-metropolitan, Nepal. A schools based cross-sectional descriptive study was carried out using self-administrative questionnaire and it was prepared based on Global Youth Tobacco Survey. It was developed and validated for assessing the tobacco use among adolescents. Amongst 16 higher secondary schools, three public and three private schools were selected randomly. Similarly required sample (307) were recruited as proportionately from each school considering number of students studying in each selected school from August to December 2016. Prevalence of ever use of tobacco was 15.6 %. Cigarette was the most (70.8%) commonly used as tobacco product. The average age of initiation of tobacco use was 13.96+ +2.62 year. More than half (52.1%) of the tobacco users purchased tobacco from shops. Peer pressure (45.8%) was one of the major influencing factors of ever use of tobacco. Age, gender, friends pressure and parent's education were found significantly associated with ever use of tobacco among students. Nearly one-fifth adolescents used some type of tobacco products in last six month. Tobacco used by parents, peers and others family members at home and public places, and easy access of tobacco products were the major influencing factors of tobacco use among students. School and community based awareness programs and tobacco control legislations should be implemented consistently to control and discourage the consumption of tobacco products.

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Prevalence of Tobacco Use and Its Associated Factors among School Going Adolescents in Birgunj Sub-Metropolitan, Nepal

Chaudhary

Bhandari

2019

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“…Valley, revealed that males were more likely to be smokers than females due to feelings of maturity, independence and solidarity [4]. Similarly, more males than females were alcoholic in Nepal (p=0.000).…”

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Knowledge about Risk Factors for Cancer among Adults in Nepal

Poudel¹,

Sumi²

2018

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Cancer accounts for 8% mortality in Nepal and is an emerging public health concern.It is believed that increasing the basic knowledge about cancer is vital to decreasing the burden of cancer diagnosis and treatment. The purpose of this study was to identify cancer awareness among Nepali adults. A descriptive, cross-sectional study was conducted in five wards of Lalitpur Sub-metropolitan city. A random sample of 300 Nepali adults aged 20-60 years participated in this study. Most participants (45.3%) were aged 20-40 years and 50.7% (N=152) were male. About 84.3% (N= 252) participants were literate and 30.7% (N =92) had a university level education.A total of 27.3% (N =82) had a family history of non-communicable diseases. The male participants smoked and consumed alcohol more than did the females (p < 0.05). Television (78.3%) was reported as the most common information source, and 85% of participants had heard most information about lung cancer. Smoking was considered a major risk factor by 92% of participants. Although 69.3% believed cancer was preventable if diagnosed early, and only 11% (N = 33) had undergone screening for cancer. Only 19.6% of literate and middle-aged females had undergone cervical cancer screening. A total of 95% of participants showed a strong need for cancer education. Logistic regression showed that educational level was not a significant factor for knowledge about cancer (p=0.846, Odds ratio=0.944). This study showed a strong need for awareness about cancer and screening tests to ameliorate increasing cance risk.

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“…The mean age for tobacco use initiation (smoking and chewing) in our study was found to be in consistency with studies from Kathmandu, Noida, and Kerala, India where the mean ages of onset were 14.15, 12.4 and 13.2 years, respectively. [11,12,13] Early-and middle-adolescents are more vulnerable to initiation of tobacco use; hence, a target group is highlighted for early intervention to reduce the uptake of this habit.…”

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Prevalence of Tobacco Use Among School Going Adolescents in Bhopal

Rawat¹,

Thakur²

2015

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BACKGROUND:Tobacco use is a major proven risk factor and contributes substantially to the rising epidemic of non-communicable diseases. OBJECTIVE: 1.To study the prevalence of the use of smokeless tobacco/smoking amongst the school going children.2. To study the risk factors associated with tobacco use in the adolescents. MATERIAL AND METHODS: This was a Crosssectional study. By simple random technique one private and one government school were selected after enlisting all the schools of Bhopal. All the adolescent students of class ninth to twelfth standard were interviewed. Statistical analysis was done using proportions and chi -square test. RESULT: In this study the prevalence was 15.95%. Smoking is the most common form of using tobacco by adolescents than tobacco chewing. Main inducing factor for addiction was found to be self for fun (55%) than friends (36%). Tobacco consumption significantly associated with habit in relatives (Chisquare = 58.5 p value < 0.001). There were no significant association for tobacco use amongst the students of government and private schools. CONCLUSION: Habit in relatives and friends is major predisposing factor towards the addiction.

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Prevalence and Determinants of Cigarette Smoking among the College Students of Kathmandu Valley

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Prevalence of Tobacco Use and Its Associated Factors among School Going Adolescents in Birgunj Sub-Metropolitan, Nepal

Prevalence of Tobacco Use and Its Associated Factors among School Going Adolescents in Birgunj Sub-Metropolitan, Nepal

Knowledge about Risk Factors for Cancer among Adults in Nepal

Prevalence of Tobacco Use Among School Going Adolescents in Bhopal

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