| Autor: |
Pukur I. Thekdi, Komal P. Thekdi, Girija P. Kartha |
| Rok vydání: |
2016 |
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| Zdroj: |
International Journal of Community Medicine and Public Health. :2517-2520 |
| ISSN: |
2394-6032 |
| DOI: |
10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20163064 |
| Popis: |
Background: Tobacco use among school children is becoming a serious problem in developing countries. The early age of initiation underscores the urgent need to intervene and protect this vulnerable group from falling prey to this addiction. The present study was undertaken to assess the prevalence of tobacco habits, determine the age of initiation and compare with current use and to find out the role models influencing tobacco use. Methods: A cross sectional study conducted in both private and government schools selected by random sampling. Each class had an enrolment of 50 students and all the students were interviewed through pre - tested questionnaire and clinical examination was conducted to find out health hazards due to tobacco consumption . Results: About 17.31% of the students had smoked cigarettes/bidis 28.10% had tried smokeless form of tobacco use. Children were smoking significantly more in the group who had started using tobacco from |
| Databáze: |
OpenAIRE |
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