A STUDY TO ASSESS THE EFFECTIVENESS OF VIDEO ASSISTED TEACHING PROGRAM ON KNOWLEDGE REGARDING TOBACCO CONSUMPTION AND ITS HAZARDS AMONG ADOLESCENT BOYS IN SELECTED SECONDARY SCHOOL, RATLAM, M.P.

Abstract

Exposure to cigarette smoke, both voluntary and involuntary, poses a serious threat to the public health and economic well-being of smokers. Tobacco is a breaker of the heart and body because tobacco kills mainly with heart disease and cancer. Nicotine addiction ensures lifelong customers, not long-term customers. Among adolescent boys, there is a lack of awareness about the causes, risk factors of tobacco consumption and its impact on health.

Nature has given us only good things and it is useful for the requirement in all aspects because tobacco also has some medicinal value but most people abuse it for negative reasons. Nicotine is a highly addictive substance, and adult experimentation can easily lead to a lifelong addiction to tobacco. Tobacco production and consumption in India: India is the second largest producer and third largest consumer of tobacco in the world. Almost all tobacco use begins in childhood and adolescence. The National Survey on Drug Use and Health estimates that more than 4,000 people under the age of 18 try their first cigarette every day. This represents more than 730,000 new smokers each year. According to the ICMR, nearly 1.16 million people get cancer, 4.5 million get heart disease and 3.9 million get chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) every year in India due to tobacco consumption. According to the WHO, the total number of tobacco-related deaths in India is likely to be between 800,000 and 900,000 annually. It kills about half of teenagers who are addicted to tobacco. In addition to the traditional burden of communicable diseases, developing countries today also face a huge increase in non-communicable diseases such as mental illness, violence and injuries.