ABSTRACT

BACKGROUND: Smoking is an emerging problem among medical

students. The pattern and extent of the problem varies from place to
place. OBJECTIVE: The aim of study was to see the prevalence of
smoking among male medical students of SZMC.METHODOLOGY:
Study design: Descriptive cross sectional. Study subjects: Study was
carried out among male medical students of SZMC from 1 st year to final
year MBBS with sample size of 150 students, 30 from each class. Place
and Duration of study: Data was collected in a period of about 2 weeks
from 20 May 2019 till 31 May 2019 in SZMC. Performa was designed by
students of Batch B with the help of our batch teacher. Before
commencing the data result informed verbal consent was taken from
all study subjects. All the data was recorded on Performa. The Performa
contains class, age, socioeconomic status, initiating factors of
smoking ,number of cigarettes smoked per day, smoking status, time
period of smoking and plans to quit smoking. The data was entered on
SPSS version 22 and result was preserved as percentage, mean,±S.D.
RESULTS : According to study about 22% students are smokers.
CONCLUSION: The study concluded that 22% of male medical students
are smokers. KEY WORDS: Prevalence,Descriptive cross sectional study.