Smoking habits and respiratory symptoms: observations among college students and professionals.
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1996-02-01
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The study comprising smoking habits among educationally and socially forward class, its impact on respiratory system and response of the said class of people to a questionnaire was undertaken among a random sample of 1188 subjects consisting of students and professionals aged between 15 and 65 years. Results showed that smoking habit was alarmingly high (48.8%) among the students and a little higher (53%) among the professionals. The exact nature and extent of the problem of smoking was not very much clear to all the subjects.
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Ghosal AG, Ghosh A, Debnath NB, Saha AK. Smoking habits and respiratory symptoms: observations among college students and professionals. Journal of the Indian Medical Association. 1996 Feb; 94(2): 55-7