Prevalence of Tobacco Use Among Adolescents in North Kerala, India

Muttappallymyalil, Jayakumary; Divakaran, Binoo; Thomas, Teena; Sreedharan, Jayadevan; Haran, Jeesha C; Thanzeel, Mohammed

doi:10.7314/apjcp.2012.13.11.5371

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“…In agreement with other studies (Sen et al, 2000;Golbasi et al, 2011;Muttappallymyalil et al, 2012), our results showed that peer pressure and peer influence is a major external factor that contributes to adolescents smoking. Similar to some studies (Kobus, 2003;, we also found that having a best friend who smokes and high peer pressure to smoke both increase the odds of being a susceptible never smokers and ever smokers.…”

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confidence: 93%

Smoking Stage Relations to Peer, School and Parental Factors among Secondary School Students in Kinta, Perak

Jeganathan

Hairi²,

Sadat³

et al. 2013

Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention

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Background: To identify the prevalence of different stages of smoking and differences in associated risk factors. Materials and Methods: Thos longitudinal study started in February 2011 and the subjects were 2552 form one students aged between twelve to thirteen years of from 15 government secondary schools of Kinta, Perak. Data on demographic, parental, school and peer factors were collected using a self-administered questionnaire. We examined the effects of peer, school and parental factors on the five stages of smoking; never smokers, susceptible never smokers, experimenters, current smokers and ex-smokers, at baseline. Results: In the sample, 19.3% were susceptible never smokers, 5.5% were current smokers 6% were experimenters and 3.1% were ex-smokers. Gender, ethnicity, best friends' smoking status, high peer pressure, higher number of relatives who smoked and parental monitoring were found to be associated with smoking stages. Presence of parent-teen conflict was only associated with susceptible never smokers and experimenters whereas absence of home discussion on smoking hazards was associated with susceptible never smokers and current smokers. Conclusions: We identified variations in the factors associated with the different stages of smoking. Our results highlight that anti-smoking strategies should be tailored according to the different smoking stages.

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Smoking Stage Relations to Peer, School and Parental Factors among Secondary School Students in Kinta, Perak

Jeganathan

Hairi²,

Sadat³

et al. 2013

Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention

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“…14 Peer pressure has been found to be the most common reason for initiation of smoking even in Muttappallymyalil et al study. 15 Significant association was found between tobacco use among the students and their friends and family in the present study was similar to studies done by Bhojani et al and Muttappallymyalil et al (p=0.01). 10,15 Another study done by Mukherjee et al also showed similar association.…”

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“…15 Significant association was found between tobacco use among the students and their friends and family in the present study was similar to studies done by Bhojani et al and Muttappallymyalil et al (p=0.01). 10,15 Another study done by Mukherjee et al also showed similar association. 16 In the present study, it is seen that tobacco use increases with age from 10% (12) among 13 years old to 33.33% among 16 years.…”

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confidence: 82%

Effectiveness of behaviour change communication for preventing tobacco use among high school children in rural area, Bengaluru

Rajeshwari

Hemavarneshwari

Sathyanarayana

2017

Int J Community Med Public Health

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Background: Adolescents in high school are vulnerable to various health risk behaviors. One of it is tobacco use which is the leading cause of death and disease worldwide today. Educational programs applied in schools can have immense potential in promoting healthy behaviours and help them to refrain from risky behaviours among school going adolescents. The objectives of the study were to assess the prevalence of tobacco use among high school students in the rural field practice area of Vydehi Institute of Medical Sciences and Research Centre, Bengaluru and to evaluate the effectiveness of behavior change communication using life skills education on tobacco use initiation and cessation of use among high school childrenMethods: An interventional study was conducted in a randomly selected rural high school. A total of 454 students studying in 8th 9th and 10th standard participated in the study. Pretested semi structured questionnaire was used to collect data. Intervention was given in the form of life skills education with interactive sessions involving debates, group discussions, role plays, situational analysis on prevention of tobacco use. Follow up was done at intervals of 1 month, 3months, and 6 months to assess the change in tobacco use prevalence using a questionnaire.Results: Over all, prevalence of tobacco use was 69 (15.2%) with 50 (11%) being male and 19(4.2%) female students. Prevalence of tobacco use reduced from 69 (15.2%) during pre-intervention to 58 (12.9%), 39 (8.7%), and 33 (7.3%) by the end of one month, three months and six months respectively after the intervention.Conclusions: There is lack of awareness regarding dog bite and its management among the rural population.

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“…Similar to studies done by Mukherjee et al, Muttappallymyalil et al, we found that peers and family played a major role in initiation and continuation of smoking among the boys. 15,16 Predominance of peer pressure in schools is not be ignored when imparting education programs in schools for prevention of tobacco use. Role of skill based education for adolescents goes long way in building their strength to cope from peer pressure.…”

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A comparative study on tobacco use among school boys in single sex and co-education school in Bengaluru

Rajeshwari

Nawaz

Sathyanarayana

et al. 2017

Int J Community Med Public Health

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Background: Adolescent boys are more inclined towards risky behaviors like smoking than girls and those who initiate smoking early in life are more likely to continue to smoke as adults. Peers in schools have a major role on influencing, initiating and continuation of smoking among boys. Therefore, the present study was undertaken to compare the prevalence of tobacco use among boys studying in single-sex school and co-education school and to study the factors associated with tobacco use in both the schools.Methods: A comparative study was conducted in two randomly selected high schools in the urban field practice area of the medical institution; one of it being boys only (single-sex) and another co-education (co-ed) school. All the students studying in 8th, 9th and 10th standard were included in the study. A self-administered, pretested, structured questionnaire adapted from the WHO youth tobacco questionnaire was used to collect the data on tobacco usage, knowledge and attitude along with socio-demographic profile. Data was entered into Microsoft excel and analyzed using EPI info 6.Results: A total of 467 boys participated in the study. Over all prevalence of tobacco use was 21.8% from both the schools. Tobacco use was found to be more in boys’ school 68 (25.7%) when compared to co-education school (16.8%). Prevalence of smoking was found to be 38 (14.4%) and 17 (8.4%) in the two schools, this difference was found to be statistically significant with χ2=4.59, p=0.032.Conclusions: Vulnerability of boys to smoking and risky behaviours in general, more so in single sex schools need to be emphasized and apt interventions designed to prevent its use among boys in various settings ought to be explored.

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Prevalence of Tobacco Use Among Adolescents in North Kerala, India

Cited by 38 publications

References 7 publications

Smoking Stage Relations to Peer, School and Parental Factors among Secondary School Students in Kinta, Perak

Smoking Stage Relations to Peer, School and Parental Factors among Secondary School Students in Kinta, Perak

Effectiveness of behaviour change communication for preventing tobacco use among high school children in rural area, Bengaluru

A comparative study on tobacco use among school boys in single sex and co-education school in Bengaluru

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