Exposure to Passive Smoke among Residents of a Rural Population in a District of Northern India

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dc.contributor.authorAgarwal, Dhruvaen_US
dc.contributor.authorAhmad, Sirajen_US
dc.contributor.authorSingh, Jai Viren_US
dc.contributor.authorShukla, Mukeshen_US
dc.contributor.authorGarg, Aditien_US
dc.date.accessioned2019-12-06T09:20:36Z
dc.date.available2019-12-06T09:20:36Z
dc.date.issued2018-05
dc.description.abstractBackground: Exposure to environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) is associated with considerable morbidity and mortalityassociated with non communicable diseases like lung cancers, asthma, respiratory infection etc. Therefore the present study was conducted to study the exposure of passive smoke among residents (non smokers) in a rural population of Barabanki district, Uttar Pradesh. Methods: A community based cross-sectional study was conducted among 1346 adults non smokers aged 25 years and above residing in rural areas. Multistage random sampling was done. Equal number of study subjects were enrolled from six randomly selected villages of Satrikh block in Barabanki district. A pre-designed questionnaire was used for collecting data regarding socio-demographic characteristics and passive exposure to tobacco smoke in home and work places. Results: About 33.1% of study participants at home and 28.4% at workplaces were exposed passively to tobacco smoke. The association between exposure to passive smoke both at home and workplace was found to be significantly associated with younger age group, other backward caste category, educational status and low socioeconomic status (p<0.05). The exposure at workplace was significantly found to be more among males and those who were laborer/ agriculture worker or shopkeeper by occupation (p<0.05). Conclusions: Exposure of passive smoke among adult non-smoker population was found to be quite common both at home and workplaces. This emphasized the importance of need based specific interventions to reduce the risk of exposure and forthcoming smoking related morbidities and mortalities due to passive smoke inhalation.en_US
dc.identifier.affiliationsJunior Resident, Department of Community Medicine, Hind Institute of Medical Sciences, Barabanki, Lucknow Metro, Uttar Pradesh, Indiaen_US
dc.identifier.affiliationsProfessor & Head, Department of Community Medicine, Hind Institute of Medical Sciences, Barabanki, Lucknow Metro, Uttar Pradesh, Indiaen_US
dc.identifier.affiliationsPrincipal, Hind Institute of Medical Sciences, Barabanki, Lucknow Metro, Uttar Pradesh, Indiaen_US
dc.identifier.affiliationsSenior Resident, Department of Community & Family Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, Indiaen_US
dc.identifier.affiliationsSenior Resident, Department of Microbiology, Mayo Institute of Medical Sciences, Barabanki, Uttar Pradesh, India.en_US
dc.identifier.citationAgarwal Dhruva, Ahmad Siraj, Singh Jai Vir, Shukla Mukesh, Garg Aditi. Common Health Problems during Postpartum Period among Females in Rural Areas of Aligarh. Annals of International medical and Dental Research. 2018 May; 4(3): 1-4en_US
dc.identifier.issn2395-2822
dc.identifier.issn2395-2814
dc.identifier.placeIndiaen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://imsear.searo.who.int/handle/123456789/188137
dc.languageenen_US
dc.publisherSociety for Health Care & Research Developmenten_US
dc.relation.issuenumber3en_US
dc.relation.volume4en_US
dc.source.urihttps://doi.org/10.21276/aimdr.2018.4.3.CM1en_US
dc.titleExposure to Passive Smoke among Residents of a Rural Population in a District of Northern Indiaen_US
dc.typeJournal Articleen_US
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