A STUDY TO ASSESS THE EFFECTIVENESS OF STRUCTURED TEACHING PROGRAMME ON KNOWLEDGE REGARDING ILL EFFECTS OF CIGARETTE SMOKING AND ITS PREVENTION AMONG ADOLESCENT BOYS IN A SELECTED COLLEGE AT INDORE, M.P.

Abstract

Tobacco is a serious threat to health and a proven killer and ranks second as a cause of death in the world taking its toll by killing some 5 million people globally. Cigarette smoking among adolescents remains a major public health concern given the frequent persistence of this behaviour in to adulthood.(Colditz &Hunter2000.)

An estimated 150 million adolescents worldwide use tobacco. Approximately half of the young smokers will die of tobacco related diseases in later life. WHO estimates that unless current smoking pattern is reversed, tobacco will be responsible for 10 million deaths per year, by the decade 2020- 2030, with 70% of them occurring in developing countries.(WHO 2007,2.)

5.6 million of today’s American Younger than 18years of age are projected to die prematurely from a smoking related illness. They represent as above one in every 13 Americans aged 17years or Younger alive today. In India   tobacco kills 8- 10 lakhs people each year and many of these deaths will occur in people who are very young. In an observational study, it was found that, many of the adolescents are spending their, leisure time in smoking. From the estimated survey, it was found that in rural areas.

A lot of advanced thinking capabilities develop during the adolescent period. During adolescent young people gain the ability to plan ahead, anticipate the response of others, and become debaters and arguers. The increased cognitive ability to think about possibilities may also lead to becoming lost in thoughts and worries. Although there are individual differences in cognitive development among adolescents, these new capabilities enable them to make mature decision that was previously beyond their cognitive capacity.