Muhammad Akram, Mohammad Mehran Shah, Muhammad Tahir.
Assessment of the Knowledge, Attitude and Practice of Smoking among the Students of Bannu Medical College.
Ann Pak Inst Med Sci Jan ;10(2):75-9.

Background: There is a significant trend of cigarette smoking among the medical students. In Pakistan, more than half of smoker medical students start smoking after entering the medical college. Main contributing factor are the peer pressure and to relieve exam stress. Objective: To find out the prevalence, knowledge, attitude and practice of smoking in students of Bannu medical college. Methodology: A cross sectional analytical study including 100 students from 1st to Final year MBBS of Bannu medical college were included in the study from 1st June, 2013 to 30th September, 2013. Results: Out of 100 students included, 33% were current smokers and 67% were nonsmokers. Majority of them (90 out of 100) claimed smoking to be bad. Luxury (35%) and peer pressure (30%) came out to be highest in students’ attitude towards smoking. Majority (36.4%) of students smoked 5-10 cigarettes per day. 23 smokers (69.8%) claimed that smoking habit increases during exams. Conclusions: There is a lack of supervision of students by teachers and most of the parents are unaware of their child smoking behavior.

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