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- Title
Smoked Tobacco Prevalance, Knowledge of Hazards and Motivation to Quit among Smokers in Suburban Mumbai.
- Authors
Rahul, Tyagi; Vivek, Hande; Anuj, Singhal
- Abstract
Background: Tobacco use related illness are common cause of premature deaths globally. WHO and CDC in 2011 estimated that 5 million deaths occur due to smoking relate illness globally and projected an increase to eight million in the estimated figure by 2030. Community outreach medical camps are conducted by various organizations across country and provide an unique opportunity to study the individuals attending these camps regarding their health related behaviour and knowledge. The current study was designed to study the smoking prevalence and knowledge of hazards of smoking and the motivation to quit of individuals attending community outreach medical camps. Method: It was a cross sectional descriptive study conducted at the various outreach camps held by a tertiary care hospital in Mumbai. Camps were held between Sep 2015 and Mar 2016. 302 person attending these outreach camps were interviewed. 86 current daily smokers were included in the study. Data was collected using questions recommended by Global Adult Tobacco Survey (GATS) Collaborative group. In person interviewer conducted interviews based on adapted GATS were administered during the outreach camps by the principal investigator. Only current tobacco users were included in the study and tobacco smoking pattern was assessed by asking about their current smoking status, age of initiation, the type of smoking product used (bidi/cigarette), the number of products smoked daily. Smoking Cessation was assessed by their motivation to quit smoking. Second hand smoke harm awareness was assessed by asking about knowledge of harmful effect of second hand smoke in non smokers. Awareness about dangers of smoking, and means to quit smoking were also assessed. Results: Among the study population preferred means of smoking tobacco was via cigarette (n=48;57.1%) while rest of subjects smoked bidi (n=36;42.9%). Majority of study subjects were mild smokers with smoking index < 100 (n=35;41.7%), while moderate smokers (n=29;34.5%) and heavy smokers (n=20;23.8%) also formed a sizeable chunk of the study population. 23 subjects (27.38%) had no knowledge about smoking related illness. Majority of those interviewed knew that smoking can result in Cancer (n=50; 59.5%). When asked about weather smoking results in harm to family members 26 subjects (31%) did not have the knowledge of smoking causing harm to family members. There was significantly more subjects with knowledge of harm to family members (p=0.010) and knowledge of means to quit smoking (p<0.001) in Middle SES group. However the motivation to quit smoking across two groups was not significantly different (p=0.010). Conclusion: Although awareness among smoking related illness is increasing there is need to concentrate on campaigns which make people aware of other ill effects of smoking and make them aware of supportive measures available to quit smoking.
- Subjects
MUMBAI (India); SMOKING cessation; PHYSIOLOGICAL effects of tobacco
- Publication
Indian Journal of Public Health Research & Development, 2018, Vol 9, Issue 6, p74
- ISSN
0976-0245
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.5958/0976-5506.2018.00526.0