Original Research Article
Year: 2019 | Month: July | Volume: 6 | Issue: 7 | Pages: 146-151
Community Awareness Program for Tobacco Use and De-Addiction from Tobacco in Selected Areas of Karad, Western Maharashtra
Mr. Dhirajkumar Mane1, Dr. Satish V. Kakade2, Mr. Mahendra Alate3, Mr. Rais Patel3 , Dr. Sunder Sing Danga4
1,3Statistician, Directorate of Research, Krishna Institute of Medical Sciences “Deemed to Be” University, Karad.
2NSS co-ordinator and Associate Professor, Department of Community Medicine, Krishna Institute of Medical Sciences, Karad.
4Co-ordinator, Krishna Hospital and Medical Research Centre, Karad. Scientist, National Aids Research Institute, Pune.
Corresponding Author: Mr. Dhirajkumar Mane
ABSTRACT
Background:Both rural as well as urban area most of people usually having habitual of addiction such as tobacco chewing, mishri, gutkha, khaini etc. Also, different tobacco products is consuming in the form of Cigarette, bidi, charas, ganja. It hampers the family burden and financial status of individuals. Helping tobacco users quit is the single most important thing you can do to improve their health. This project is mostly focus on basic about Tobacco consumption side effects knowledge, awareness, its adverse effects and effort also made to quit tobacco and related products to save their life from threatening disease like oral cancer, lung cancer, hypertension, bronchitis, heart diseases, memory loss etc.
Aim: In the texture of the huge burden of tobacco use in Western Maharashtra, this study aims to study the awareness, consumption pattern and the socio-demographic correlation of tobacco use in rural cluster of Karad, Maharashtra
Objectives: 1.To aware the community and lay man about problem and side effects of Tobacco consumption. 2. To help establish methods for quitting tobacco.
Materials and Methods: This study was a cross sectional study conducted in peoples whose age was >20 years. Data collection was done by personal interview using a pretested questionnaire during door to door visit after taking informed consent verbally.
Results: A total of 100 people were included in this study. Most of the study population belonged to the age group 35–50 years (45, 45%). The majority of the peoples (69, 69%) were aware of the health hazards of tobacco consumption. Most of the population (47, 47%) were tobacco consumers with 26 (26%) of them having co addictions. This study revealed 60% consumed smokeless forms, 29% were into smoking, and 11%consumed both forms. A significant association was observed between the status of tobacco consumption and knowledge of tobacco hazard (P = 0.0001) as well as knowledge of any law regulating tobacco consumption (P = 0.0001).
Conclusion: This study was part of model structure for tobacco quitting & its importance to overcome futuristic diseases. It was achieved in the study that despite having a general knowledge of the effects of tobacco, it seems that use of tobacco was increases day by day. It is necessary that government should make strict laws regarding tobacco consumption which helps to protect young generation and tomorrow’s citizen of our country.
Key words: Tobacco use, Anti tobacco act, Addiction, Rural Maharashtra.
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