Janeswar Avinash, Kumar Gunjan, Kanungo Sloka, Singh Arpita, Subramanya Goutham Bala, Jha Kunal
Department of Public Health Dentistry, Kalinga Institute of Dental Sciences (KIDS), Deemed to Be University, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India.
J Family Med Prim Care. 2019 Jun;8(6):2017-2022. doi: 10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_219_19.
To assess the prevalence of smoking and smokeless tobacco use among 16--19-year-old government and private college student of Bhubaneswar city.
A cross-sectional descriptive study was designed and data on tobacco usage was collected from 906 students aged 16--19-year old government and private college students of Bhubaneswar city using modified youth tobacco survey (YTS) closed-ended questionnaire. Data was analyzed using descriptive statistics and Chi-square tests were used to determine the significant differences in the variables of interest.
Out of 906 study subjects, mean age of initiation of use of tobacco product was found to be 14.8 among males and 15.3 among females. The responses of study subjects upon there believe that tobacco companies try to lure young people to use tobacco products, 54.7% males, 45.3% females reported as yes. 63 (9.9%) of students from private college reported using smokeless tobacco whereas 27 (10%) of students from government college used chewing tobacco. The results were statistically significant. A total of 84 (16.9%) males followed by 18 (4.4%) females reported to have ever tried smoking. The results were statistically significant.
It was encouraging to find that during the period of the survey, majority of students did not use tobacco of any form. Regular and systematic education programs catering to teachers, children, and also their parents should be undertaken. Enabling teachers to educate the young impressionable minds regarding lifestyle disorders should be a cornerstone activity in preventing the establishment of lifestyle disorders like tobacco and alcohol use within the community.
评估布巴内斯瓦尔市16 - 19岁的公立和私立大学生中吸烟及使用无烟烟草的流行情况。
设计了一项横断面描述性研究，采用改良的青少年烟草调查（YTS）封闭式问卷，从布巴内斯瓦尔市906名16 - 19岁的公立和私立大学生中收集烟草使用数据。使用描述性统计分析数据，并采用卡方检验确定感兴趣变量的显著差异。
在906名研究对象中，男性开始使用烟草产品的平均年龄为14.8岁，女性为15.3岁。在研究对象对烟草公司是否试图引诱年轻人使用烟草产品的看法上，54.7%的男性和45.3%的女性回答是肯定的。私立学院63名（9.9%）学生报告使用无烟烟草，而公立学院27名（10%）学生使用嚼烟。结果具有统计学意义。共有84名（16.9%）男性，其次是18名（4.4%）女性报告曾尝试吸烟。结果具有统计学意义。
令人鼓舞的是，在调查期间，大多数学生未使用任何形式的烟草。应开展针对教师、儿童及其家长的定期和系统教育项目。使教师能够教育易受影响的年轻人了解生活方式紊乱问题，应成为预防社区内烟草和酒精使用等生活方式紊乱问题形成的一项基石活动。
