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A Smoking Survey of College Students in India: Implications for Designing an Antismoking Policy
A survey of 599 college students was conducted in Andhra Pradesh, India, to formulate an anti‐smoking policy for youth. There were 64.6% boys and 35.4% girls between 15 and 22 years, and 8.2% of students (n = 49, 48M + 1F) were smokers. It is a taboo for girls to smoke. There is no current anti‐smok...
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Blackwell Publishing Ltd
1991
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5918373/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1900818 http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1349-7006.1991.tb01821.x |
Sumario: | A survey of 599 college students was conducted in Andhra Pradesh, India, to formulate an anti‐smoking policy for youth. There were 64.6% boys and 35.4% girls between 15 and 22 years, and 8.2% of students (n = 49, 48M + 1F) were smokers. It is a taboo for girls to smoke. There is no current anti‐smoking policy and one is proposed based on the smoking survey results. The policy includes parental pressure to curb smoking, and a ban on (1) advertising of tobacco products, (2) smoking in public places and (3) teachers smoking in school. An increase in the price of cigarettes was approved by a majority of the students. The survey revealed a gap in the knowledge of students about the ill effects of smoking, which can be rectified by health education programs. |
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