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Volume 7 Issue 7 (July, 2019)

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Prevalence of Tobacco Products Abuse among School Going Adolescents in the Field Practice Area of Mahatma Gandhi Medical College and Hospital, Jaipur
Rohit Dhandoria, Archana Paliwal

Background: Tobacco is the leading preventable cause of death in the world. The practice of tobacco use is usually initiated in adolescent age to get short time pleasure and to mimic as elder and peers group. Hence; the present study was planned for assessing the prevalence of tobacco products abuse among school going adolescents in the field practice area of Mahatma Gandhi Medical College and Hospital, Jaipur. Materials & methods: The sample size was 1450. Subjects was selected equally from the field practice area of Mahatma Gandhi Medical College and Hospital i.e., 725 students were selected from the schools (Government and Private) of rural area and 725 students were selected from the schools (government and private) of urban area. A predesigned and pre tested questionnaire was used to collect following information. The data was entered in MS office excel worksheet and appropriate statistical tests was used to find significant association. Results: The prevalence of “ever tobacco user” was 20.62% and “current tobacco user” was 17.05% and both were higher among boys. The mean age of initiation was 10.66 years. Nearly half of the tobacco users were using tobacco in non smoker form. The main factors which were influencing tobacco use among the students was peer pressure, experimentation for fun, as a style quotient, influenced by favourite actors/actresses and TV shows or movies and stress. Conclusion: Targeting the adolescents for tobacco control measures will ensure long term benefits to the country in terms of health and economy.
Key words: Adolescents, School, Tobacco.

Received: 13 March, 2019                                         Revised:  10 June 2019                             Accepted: 12 June 2019

Corresponding author: Dr. Rohit Dhandoria, PG 3rd  year student,   Department of Community Medicine, Mahatma Gandhi Medical College and Hospital, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India
               
This article may be cited as: Dhandoria R, Paliwal A. Prevalence of Tobacco Products Abuse among School Going Adolescents in the Field Practice Area of Mahatma Gandhi Medical College and Hospital, Jaipur. J Adv Med Dent Scie Res 2019;7(7): 94-98.

 
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