A CLINICAL STUDY OF SELECTED PARAMETERS OF SMOKING HABIT AMONG PATIENTS ATTENDING PULMONOLOGY OPD IN KATURI MEDICAL COLLEGE HOSPITAL, GUNTUR DURING 2012- 2014
Journal Title: Journal of Evidence Based Medicine and Healthcare - Year 2015, Vol 2, Issue 9
Abstract
200 patients attending Katuri Medical college Pulmonology OPD with a history of Tobacco smoking coming for various symptoms for various symptoms were analysed regarding their smoking habits. Majority of them were the major bread earners of their families. Majority of them presented to the hospital in 4th to 6th decade of life. Male smokers were predominant but alternate modes of tobacco consumption and passive smoking are present in a majority of females. Majority of them are farmers, unemployed or semiskilled or unskilled with poor education and with low family incomes. A majority of them have high frequency of smoking tobacco per day Initiation of smoking occurred at less than 20 years of age. Majority presented with less than 40 pack years of smoking history.
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Ramakrishna R, Jaya Bharat Reddy G
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