TOBACCO AND ITS IMPACT

ON YOUTH

Guided By: Mr. Puneet Razdan

Submitted By: Ankit Bhatia(184112024)

Ankit Kumar(1841112025)
INTRODUCTION
 Tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum L.) is a plant grown
commercially for its leaves and stem containing mainly
products like nicotine, cellulose, ammonia, and protein.
 Cigarettes, bidis, scented chewing mixtures, cigars,
cheroots, zarda, hookah, hookah tobacco paste, snuff,
gutka are various ways of consuming tobacco.
 In India tobacco is predominantly cultivated in Andhra
Pradesh, Gujarat, Karnataka, Uttar Pradesh, and Bihar.
INTRODUCTION
 According to law, legal age of consuming tobacco in
India is 21 years but even a 10 year old can easily buy
and consume tobacco in India.
 Tobacco is a principal cash crop fetching more than ₹
4,400 crores of foreign exchange and generates over ₹
14,000 crores excise revenue.
 In India the annual tobacco growth rate is 3-4% out of
which app. 85% consumer is the youth (15-25 yrs of age.
REVIEW OF LITERATURE
 There have been various previous researches done on
similar topics and those have greatly helped us in our
research.
 Institutions like World Health Organisation (WHO),
Central Tobacco Research Organisatiion have done
various surveys like Global Youth Tobacco Survey
(GYTS) in this field.
 In India, the government passed a legislation called
'Cigarettes and Other Tobacco Products Act (COTPA)',
which is the main legal framework that regulates
production, distribution, sales, and use of tobacco
products in the country
TOBACCO AND ITS USES AS A
PHYTOCHEMICAL
 This research project comprehensively evaluates the
responsiveness of tobacco consumption in human beings
among youth. Tobacco has its harmful effects on body
but also has its benefits.
 There are various Phytochemicals present in Tobacco.
Phytochemicals are compounds that are produced by
plants. Some of these are believed to protect cells from
damage that could lead to cancer.
 Phyto-sterols for production of steroids, Protease
inhibitors for anti-carcinogens and Coenzyme Q10 for
treatment of heart disease are some examples found in
Tobacco.
RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
AND DATA ANALYSIS
 In this research, A self-administered anonymous
questionnaire was used for gathering all data. A survey
conducted for the youth up to the age of 30 years on the
consumption of tobacco using Google forms.
 The results of the survey conducted are as follows:
1. 50% were regular users of the tobacco, 40% of them
have never used any form of tobacco, 8% consumed
occasionally.
2. 55% of the youth who consume tobacco spend a good
amount of their money to fulfill their tobacco desire, and
the rest of the 45% either consume it with their friends,
their cousin, or other expenses.
RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
AND DATA ANALYSIS
3.32% of people consume tobacco in the form of chewing
tobacco, 27% of them uses the smoking version of the
tobacco, and 10% of them consume tobacco in both
ways.
4. Advertisements, word of mouth and social media are
the major sources of promotion of tobacco in India.
5. For more than 70% of the youth, it is easy to buy there
tobacco products from the nearest paan shops.
6. 43% people said that they can easily quit the tobacco
with a determination, 20% people said that they are
addicted to tobacco and are unable to get rid of it, and
56% of people have faced some kind of issue because of
their tobacco habit and they want to get rid of it.
CONSUMPTION TRENDS IN
INDIA
 Tobacco consumption in India is the highest in the six
north-eastern states of Mizoram, Meghalaya, Manipur,
Nagaland, Tripura, and Assam. On average 70.7% of
men here use tobacco in some form or the other.
 Mizoram tops the north-east list, with 80.4% men and
59.2% women between 15 and 49 years of age
consuming tobacco.
 When ranked for men using tobacco, it is followed by
Meghalaya (72.2%), Manipur (70.6%), Nagaland
(69.4%), Tripura (67.8%), and Assam (63.9%).
FINDINGS AND CONCLUSIONS
 Research on tobacco use needs to be considerably
systematized with the use of more consistent definitions
of tobacco consumption and study methodologies.
 Besides sustaining a small domestic market, tobacco
produced in India is also exported to around 100
countries of the world generating significant foreign
exchange .
 There is a causal relationship between tobacco and
addiction to nicotine, beginning in adolescence and
young adulthood.
FINDINGS AND CONCLUSIONS
 Several health issues are the result of tobacco
consumption. Active smoking results in both reduced
lung function and impaired lung growth along with other
health problems such as asthma, and several varieties of
Cancer.
 Smoking by adolescents and young adults is not
associated with significant weight loss, contrary to
young people's beliefs. It is suggestive but not sufficient
to conclude that smoking contributes to the future use of
marijuana and other illicit drugs.
 REFERENCES
 Government of India,Agricultural Statistics at a Glance- various
issues, Department of Agriculture & Cooperation, Ministry of
Agriculture.
 Indian Journal of Medical and Pediatric Oncology.
 Journal of Public Health: From Theory to Practice.
 HNP DISCUSSION PAPER, Research On Tobacco In India
(Including Betel Quid And Areca Nut) Cecily Stewart Ray, Prakash
Gupta and Joy de Beyer.
 TOBACCO USE IN RURAL AREAS: A LITERATURE REVIEW by
Stacey Stevens, Brian Colwell, and Linnae Hutchison.

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