title: Smoking habits and respiratory symptoms: observations among college students and professionals.
abstract: The study comprising smoking habits among educationally and socially forward class, its impact on respiratory system and response of the said class of people to a questionnaire was undertaken among a random sample of 1188 subjects consisting of students and professionals aged between 15 and 65 years. Results showed that smoking habit was alarmingly high (48.8%) among the students and a little higher (53%) among the professionals. The exact nature and extent of the problem of smoking was not very much clear to all the subjects.
authors.affiliation: NB Medical College, Sushrutanagar.
authors.forename: A G
authors.initials: AG
authors.lastname: Ghosal
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ghosh
authors.forename: N B
authors.initials: NB
authors.lastname: Debnath
authors.forename: A K
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Saha
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D007194:India; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009790:Occupations; D012140:Respiratory Tract Diseases / Q000209:etiology; D012907:Smoking / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000453:epidemiology*; D012923:Social Class; D013334:Students; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014495:Universities