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Tobacco consumption among 12- to 15-year-old schoolchildren in Delhi

  • Charu Mohan Marya , Garima Vijay EMAIL logo , Avinash Jnaneshwar , Ruchi Nagpal and Nidhi Pruthi
Published/Copyright: December 18, 2012
International Journal of Adolescent Medicine and Health
From the journal International Journal of Adolescent Medicine and Health Volume 26 Issue 1

Abstract

Objective: This study aims to assess the knowledge, attitude, and practice of tobacco use and its cessation among children in schools of Delhi.

Methods: A cross-sectional study involving 1094 schoolchildren (577 boys and 517 girls), 12–15 years old, was conducted using the modified Global Youth Tobacco Survey questionnaire. Mann-Whitney U-test and Kruskal-Wallis test were applied (p<0.05).

Results: Among these, 132 boys (22.87%) and 120 girls (23.21%) were smokers. “Ever smokers” were 13.80% and “current smokers” were 9.23%, whereas 76.97% were “never smokers”.

Conclusion: Interventions that raise awareness at a young age, equip students to overcome peer influence, and provide counseling to quit using tobacco need to be designed.

Keywords: attitudes; practice; smoking; tobacco use cessation
Corresponding author: Dr. Garima Vijay, 19/9 Kalkaji, New Delhi 110019, India, Phone: +919560887754, E-mail:

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Received: 2012-6-27
Accepted: 2012-9-20
Published Online: 2012-12-18
Published in Print: 2014-02-01

©2014 by Walter de Gruyter Berlin Boston

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https://doi.org/10.1515/ijamh-2012-0104
Keywords for this article
attitudes; practice; smoking; tobacco use cessation

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