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标题：AWARENESS ON HAZARDS OF PASSIVE SMOKING
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作者：Mohamed Noufal Z ; DhanrajGanapathy ; L. Keerthisasanka 等
期刊名称：International Journal of Early Childhood Special Education
电子版ISSN：1308-5581
出版年度：2022
卷号：14
期号：3
页码：8207-8218
DOI：10.9756/INT-JECSE/V14I3.970
语种：English
出版社：International Journal of Early Childhood Special Education
摘要：Introduction:Passive smoking is the inhalation of smoke, called secondhand smoke (SHS), or environmental tobacco smoke (ETS), by persons other than the intended "active" smoker. It occurs when tobacco smoke enters an environment, causing its inhalation by people within that environment, this study is conducted to identify knowledge and awareness of the passive among the selected population. To find the knowledge and awareness of hazards of passive smoking. Materials & Method: A survey was conducted among 100 randomly selected populations via google forms and it tabulated and correlated using the SPSS version 23. Result: Passive smoking is one of the most deadly and horrible causes of frequent death and breathing problems in the childrens and adult population. From the current study, we have identified that according to statistical analysis, males have better awareness and knowledge on passive smoking and secondhand smoking compared to the female population. Conclusion: From the current survey based study we can assume that the randomly selected population have a considerably sufficient amount of knowledge and awareness based on the occupation, age and gender. 62% of the responded population are aware of hazards of passive smoking, (p)=0.415>0.05 statistically not significant. Also a future study needed in a larger population as a census criteria worldwide.
关键词：Carcinogens;Green synthesis;Eco friendly;Environmental tobacco smoke;Innovative technology;Nicotine;Passive smoking;Second hand smoke