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Binod Kumar Behera ¹, Ajay Tyagi ¹, Babita Rani ¹, Suraj Chawla ¹, Behera Joshil Kumar ², MC. Sahoo ³

Affiliations
1 Department of Community Medicine, Pt. B. D. Sharma PGIMS, Rohtak, Haryana, IN
2 Department of Physiology Pt. B. D. Sharma PGIMS, Rohtak, Haryana, IN
3 Deputy Medical Superintendent, Department of Hospital Administration, Pt. B. D. Sharma PGIMS, Rohtak, Haryana, IN

Abstract

More than 80% of deaths due to tobacco use occur in the developing countries. Each year 0.8-.09 million Indians die due to tobacco related disease. India has the highest number of oral cancer in the world and 90% of all oral cancers are related to tobacco use.Warning labels on tobacco products are an effective way of communicating the consequences of tobacco use and bring about behavioural changes like quitting and reducing the tobacco consumption.Present cross-sectional study was conducted to know the effectiveness of the pictorial warning on the tobacco product and people's attitude toward this warning in a tertiary care hospital setting using a pre tested semi structure interview schedule.A total of 308 adults were included in the study, of which 108 (35.06%) participant never consumed tobacco products.280 (90.90%) participants ever noticed a pictorial warning on the tobacco product,130(42.20%) participant said it does not have any impact on the habit.192 (96%) said tobacco uses have adverse effect on health and 164 (82 %) ever had thought to quit this habit, 28 (14%) participants said they thought to quit smoking due to warning on the pack and only 5(2.5%) of them could quit this habit because of that.

Keywords

Tobacco Consumption, Tobacco Product, Pictorial Warning, Tertiary Care Hospital.

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Binod Kumar Behera ¹, Ajay Tyagi ¹, Suraj Chawla ¹, Behera Joshil Kumar ², M. C. Sahoo ³

Affiliations
1 Department of Community Medicine, Pt. B. D. Sharma PGIMS, Rohtak, Haryana, IN
2 Department of Physiology, Pt. B. D. Sharma PGIMS, Rohtak, IN
3 Department of Hospital Administration, Pt. B. D. Sharma PGIMS, Rohtak, Haryana, IN

Abstract

Chronic non-communicable diseases (NCD) are a major contributor to burden of disease in developed countries, and are increasing rapidly in developing countries such as India. Cardiovascular diseases & cancer accounted for 48% and 21% of NCD deaths respectively. There are several risk factors associated with cardiovascular diseases & cancer that are modifiable. This study was aimed to assess perception of selected risk factors for cancer and heart attack among visitors of a teaching hospital. This cross-sectional study was carried out during March-June 2011 in a teaching institution of northern India. Randomly 1690 ambulatory adult (>18 years) visitors (patients or attendants) of this hospital were included in the study. Nearly, 64.5% and 82.0% responded that tobacco consumption causes heart attack and cancer respectively while obesity was considered as a risk factor by 68.4% (heart attack) and 28.1% (cancer). Nearly 70.7% reported that diet rich in fat/oil could lead to heart attack but only 23.5% mentioned it for cancer. 54.2% believed cancer is treatable if detected early while 22.5% mentioned cancer cannot be treated at all. This study clearly highlights some of these selected factors and provides opportunity for initiating educational measures to enhance knowledge and remove myths/or misconception.

Keywords

Perception, Chronic Non-Communicable Diseases, Cardiovascular Diseases, Cancer.

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