Venkataraman S, Mukhopadhya A, Muliyil J
Department of Community Health, Christian Medical College, Vellore.
Indian J Med Res. 1996 Nov;104:316-20.
The overall smoking prevalence among male medical students between the years 1955 and 1988 in a medical college in South India was 39.51 per cent. The trends of smoking appeared to be in three phases. An initial phase comprising of a steady rise to a peak in the late sixties and seventies, followed by a plateau of the prevalence in the next ten years and ultimately a sharp fall in the last five years. Study based on a mailed-in questionnaire to ten batches of students selected randomly, to study the factors affecting initiation and quitting of smoking showed that the peak period of initiation seemed to be in the two years before and after joining the course. There was a significant relationship between the presence of a smoker in the family and picking up the habit. Conversely, no significant relationships were found with respect to quitting.
1955年至1988年间，印度南部一所医学院男医学生的总体吸烟率为39.51%。吸烟趋势似乎呈三个阶段。第一阶段是稳步上升，在60年代末和70年代达到峰值，随后在接下来的十年中患病率保持平稳，最终在最后五年急剧下降。基于对随机抽取的十批学生邮寄问卷调查的研究，以探讨影响开始吸烟和戒烟的因素，结果显示开始吸烟的高峰期似乎在入学前后两年。家庭中有吸烟者与养成吸烟习惯之间存在显著关系。相反，在戒烟方面未发现显著关系。
