Logo
International Journal of
Multidisciplinary
Research and Development

Search

ARCHIVES
VOL. 3, ISSUE 8 (2016)
Effects of socio-demographic factors, awareness and perceptions of users on their willingness to quit smoking habit in adult smokers of Ahmedabad
Authors
Mamta Arvindbhai Patel
Abstract
Smoking is a known weapon which kills millions and billions of people worldwide. It is an addiction which rapidly spreads due to curiosity of trying it once. Majority of the smokers are hooked by the pleasure and crutch they found from smoking and due to which they don’t try to give up the habit. Willingness to quit plays an important role in quitting smoking. If groups of people with willingness to quit smoking are targeted specifically, the ratio of quitters can be increased. Once the smoker’s fear of awful trauma of quitting smoking is controlled, it is much easier for him to get rid of this risky addiction. This study is a small attempt to identify those groups of adult smoker who can be probably more willing to quit smoking habit in Ahmedabad city according to their socio-demographic status, awareness of ill effects of tobacco use and perceptions of users.The whole statistical analysis of the collected data of was carried out by means of SPSS 21.0 using descriptive statistics and logistic regression.
Download
Pages:18-21
How to cite this article:
Mamta Arvindbhai Patel "Effects of socio-demographic factors, awareness and perceptions of users on their willingness to quit smoking habit in adult smokers of Ahmedabad". International Journal of Multidisciplinary Research and Development, Vol 3, Issue 8, 2016, Pages 18-21
Download Author Certificate

Please enter the email address corresponding to this article submission to download your certificate.