Prevalence of Use of Smokeless Tobacco among School-Going Children
Aim: The study aims to assess the prevalence of tobacco use in school-going children. Materials and Methods: A total of 1200 school children of age group 6–15 years were included. A pretested close-ended questionnaire was used to assess oral health knowledge and tobacco use practices. Result: A tota...
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| author | Sonal Mahilkar Sagorika Saha Dennis V. Abraham Sandeepan Sarkar Tushar Biswas Tapaswi Kamble |
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| description | Aim:
The study aims to assess the prevalence of tobacco use in school-going children.
Materials and Methods:
A total of 1200 school children of age group 6–15 years were included. A pretested close-ended questionnaire was used to assess oral health knowledge and tobacco use practices.
Result:
A total of 18% (216) children used smokeless tobacco, out of which 23.3% (168) were males and 10% (48) were females. Among tobacco users, 67.3% (70) children had poor oral hygiene index (OHI) score, and 13% and 2.6% (12) had fair and good OHI scores, respectively.
Conclusion:
The prevalence of smokeless tobacco use in school children has increased resulting in poor oral hygiene. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-94bc449c08f646a78a653c4d7359a33e2025-08-20T03:15:19ZengWolters Kluwer Medknow PublicationsJournal of Pharmacy and Bioallied Sciences0976-48790975-74062025-06-0117Suppl 2S1598S160010.4103/jpbs.jpbs_167_25Prevalence of Use of Smokeless Tobacco among School-Going ChildrenSonal MahilkarSagorika SahaDennis V. AbrahamSandeepan SarkarTushar BiswasTapaswi KambleAim: The study aims to assess the prevalence of tobacco use in school-going children. Materials and Methods: A total of 1200 school children of age group 6–15 years were included. A pretested close-ended questionnaire was used to assess oral health knowledge and tobacco use practices. Result: A total of 18% (216) children used smokeless tobacco, out of which 23.3% (168) were males and 10% (48) were females. Among tobacco users, 67.3% (70) children had poor oral hygiene index (OHI) score, and 13% and 2.6% (12) had fair and good OHI scores, respectively. Conclusion: The prevalence of smokeless tobacco use in school children has increased resulting in poor oral hygiene.https://journals.lww.com/10.4103/jpbs.jpbs_167_25poor oral hygieneprevalenceschool childrensmokeless tobaccotobacco products |
| spellingShingle | Sonal Mahilkar Sagorika Saha Dennis V. Abraham Sandeepan Sarkar Tushar Biswas Tapaswi Kamble Prevalence of Use of Smokeless Tobacco among School-Going Children Journal of Pharmacy and Bioallied Sciences poor oral hygiene prevalence school children smokeless tobacco tobacco products |
| title | Prevalence of Use of Smokeless Tobacco among School-Going Children |
| title_full | Prevalence of Use of Smokeless Tobacco among School-Going Children |
| title_fullStr | Prevalence of Use of Smokeless Tobacco among School-Going Children |
| title_full_unstemmed | Prevalence of Use of Smokeless Tobacco among School-Going Children |
| title_short | Prevalence of Use of Smokeless Tobacco among School-Going Children |
| title_sort | prevalence of use of smokeless tobacco among school going children |
| topic | poor oral hygiene prevalence school children smokeless tobacco tobacco products |
| url | https://journals.lww.com/10.4103/jpbs.jpbs_167_25 |
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