Determinants of Smoking Habits and its Impact among the Villagers of Bhainswan Khurd, Haryana

Abstract

Tobacco is one of the major global public health concerns with the significant contribution towards increasing burden of cancer including chronic diseases which is associated with mortality. Low- and middle-income countries are majorly affected by the cancer related mortality caused by tobacco. Smoking is a common habit across the world despite of having widespread knowledge of health consequences. The critical period for the formation of smoking habit has been noticed among the teenagers globally. Smoking is associated with number of diseases and disorders. Habit of smoking among the teenagers, young adults and elderly can cause a variety of diseases and could influence their health conditions. The present study was conducted among 100 villagers of Bhainswan Khurd, Haryana, to know the main reason behind addiction of smoking and its negative effects. Findings revealed that majority of the respondents are males and among them numbers of youngsters are very high. Among the form of tobacco smoking, hookah was found to be more prevalent. People of almost every caste like to smoke hookah by considering as the cultural practice for them. Among all respondents only 11% respondents were suffering from diseases because of smoking, rest of them are getting some issues like tiredness, hair fall, weak eyesight but not serious illness till now. The main reason was found behind doing smoking are peer pressure, family background and self-curiosity. As the people were getting aware of it, so after knowing the destructible consequences of smoking 71% people were ready to quit it.

How to cite this article:
Vipul, Deb R. Determinants of Smoking Habits and its Impact among the Villagers of Bhainswan Khurd, Haryana. Ind J Youth Adol Health 2019; 6(3): 8-12.