Attitude towards tobacco consumption among residents of Dhankuta Municipality of Nepal
Journal Title: International Journal of Trend in Scientific Research and Development - Year 2017, Vol 1, Issue 4
Abstract
The use of tobacco is a major cause of preventable mortality. The estimated number of smokers is 1.1 billion. Of these, 700 million men and 100 million women are in developing countries. The objective of this study was to find out attitude towards tobacco consumption among residents of Dhankuta Municipality. The cross-sectional study was conducted among the residents of Dhankuta Municipality where 205 households were taken as subjects. Pretested semi-structured questionnaire was administered to the study subjects and face to face interview was conducted. The collected data was entered in MS Excel 2000. The quantitative data was analyzed using Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) software package. The study subjects consist of 50.2% of male and 49.8% of female. Regarding respondent's education, study population showed high level of SLC and above (40.5%) followed by below SLC (36.1) and very less was illiterate (14.1%). Majority of the respondents think that there should be ban of the advertising of tobacco products (87.3%) and smoking in public places (79%). Almost 67% of respondents think that patient's chances of quitting smoking will be increased if health professionals will give advice to patients. Almost 72.6% of the study population feel cut down tobacco use and 80.3% feel guilty about this habit. Almost 65.8% have tried to discontinue tobacco consumption. We conclude that the residents of Dhankuta reflect good attitude towards cessation of tobacco but poor practice to prevent of tobacco consumption. Dr. Ram Bilakshan Sah | Jha N"Attitude towards tobacco consumption among residents of Dhankuta Municipality of Nepal" Published in International Journal of Trend in Scientific Research and Development (ijtsrd), ISSN: 2456-6470, Volume-1 | Issue-4 , June 2017, URL: http://www.ijtsrd.com/papers/ijtsrd93.pdf http://www.ijtsrd.com/other-scientific-research-area/other/93/attitude-towards-tobacco-consumption-among-residents-of-dhankuta-municipality-of-nepal/dr-ram-bilakshan-sah
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