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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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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 |
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author | Gavarasana, Satyanarayana Doddi, Vijaya Prasad Prasad, Gorty V. S N. R. Allam, Apparao Murthy, Bellana S. R. |
author_facet | Gavarasana, Satyanarayana Doddi, Vijaya Prasad Prasad, Gorty V. S N. R. Allam, Apparao Murthy, Bellana S. R. |
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description | 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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spelling | pubmed-59183732018-05-11 A Smoking Survey of College Students in India: Implications for Designing an Antismoking Policy Gavarasana, Satyanarayana Doddi, Vijaya Prasad Prasad, Gorty V. S N. R. Allam, Apparao Murthy, Bellana S. R. Jpn J Cancer Res Article 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. Blackwell Publishing Ltd 1991-02 /pmc/articles/PMC5918373/ /pubmed/1900818 http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1349-7006.1991.tb01821.x Text en |
spellingShingle | Article Gavarasana, Satyanarayana Doddi, Vijaya Prasad Prasad, Gorty V. S N. R. Allam, Apparao Murthy, Bellana S. R. A Smoking Survey of College Students in India: Implications for Designing an Antismoking Policy |
title | A Smoking Survey of College Students in India: Implications for Designing an Antismoking Policy |
title_full | A Smoking Survey of College Students in India: Implications for Designing an Antismoking Policy |
title_fullStr | A Smoking Survey of College Students in India: Implications for Designing an Antismoking Policy |
title_full_unstemmed | A Smoking Survey of College Students in India: Implications for Designing an Antismoking Policy |
title_short | A Smoking Survey of College Students in India: Implications for Designing an Antismoking Policy |
title_sort | smoking survey of college students in india: implications for designing an antismoking policy |
topic | Article |
url | 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 |
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