AWARENESS ON ILL EFFECTS OF TOBACCO USE AMONG COLLEGE STUDENTS: A REVIEW BASED ON AVAILABLE LITERATURE
Journal Title: IJSR-International Journal Of Scientific Research - Year 2018, Vol 7, Issue 8
Abstract
INTRODUCTION: Tobacco use is a major health and social problem worldwide. Among the ill effects of tobacco use, the proportion of cancer in Male and female is 56.4% and 44.9%. Given the current pattern of tobacco use globally it is estimated 250 million who are alive today, would die prematurely because of tobacco and mostly in developing countries, India ranks 4th in the total tobacco consumption in the world but India's cigarette consumption ranks 11th in the world. The perception of the community about health programs and their involvement in organizing for health awareness, affect their level of low perception about the long term risks related to smoking were 3.64 times more likely to smoke compared with those who had high perception of smoking related risks. METHOD: A comprehensive systematic search of published literature and journal articles from Pub-Med database was done that are focusing from 2010 to 2017. Search strategy specific to each databases was used. RESULT: Out of six articles, five research studies revealed that the majority of respondents were aware about ill effects of tobacco use and one research study found that majority of respondents were not aware about ill effects of tobacco use. CONCLUSION: The study concluded that there is a strong need to create awareness of smoking effects on oral health. Educating students about the complications of smoking on oral health should be the part of smoking cessation programs and policies
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Mr. Mayank Kumar, Dr. Nageshwar V
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