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Smoking behaviour among arts student of a college in Mangalore, Dakshina Kannada.
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176 Arts students out of 450 students doing their under-graduation in an age range of 17 to 24 years returned a questionnaire designed to test their level of knowledge about smoking, attitude towards smoking and practice of smoking. 96.6% of the respondents were aware of the injurious nature of smoking. Potential to induce lung cancer was known by 93.2% of them, but only 34.1% knew it was a factor for GI malignancy. A higher proportion of males had good knowledge whereas females had moderate knowledge (p = 0.04). The incidence of smoking was 33.1%. A higher proportion of smokers chewed pan and consumed supari. 68.2% of smokers wished to quit smoking. Easy availability (47.7%) and influence of friends (34.1%) were the predominant reasons to smoke. Interestingly, 48% of males felt that smoking women had appeal. Anti smoking campaigns in addition to provision of information has to focus towards a change in attitude to smoking.
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Author information
Author/s: Sajjan, B S (BS); Chacko, J (J); Asha, K (K);
Affiliation: Department of Community Medicine, Kasturba Medical College, Mangalore, India.
Journal and publication information
Publication Type: Journal Article
Journal: Indian journal of medical sciences (Indian J Med Sci), published in India. (Language: eng)
Reference: 2003-Jul; vol 57 (issue 7) : pp 290-3
Dates: Created 2003/08/20; Completed 2003/10/03; Revised 2004/11/17;
PMID: 12928555, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 11/6/2008)
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CommentIn: Indian J Med Sci. 2003 Oct;57(10):457-8. (PMID: 14573966)
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