title: Effectiveness of health education and behavioral intervention for tobacco de-addiction among degree students: A clinical trial.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Objectives of the study were to assess the prevalence of tobacco use among the degree students of Oxford institutions in Bangalore city, offer a tobacco cessation intervention for tobacco users among the degree students, and assess the effectiveness of intervention by comparing with the control group.
  
  
  METHODS
  A randomized control trial was conducted to assess the prevalence of tobacco use and the effectiveness of tobacco cessation behavioral intervention offered to degree students of Oxford institutions in Bangalore city. Then were randomly selected and divided into 55 students in the study group (group A) and 60 students in the control group (group B).
  
  
  RESULTS
  The effect of intervention of tobacco cessation in group A showed an increase of 29.1% students who stopped using tobacco completely after intervention compared to 15% in group B, and the highest reduction of 21.8% change was noticed in the students using one to five tobacco products per day and the least reduction in percentage (1.8%) change was noticed in the students using one tobacco product per day.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Findings from the present study suggest that the intervention has suggestive significance on tobacco intervention.
authors.affiliation: Department of Public Health Dentistry, Government Dental College and Research Institute, Ballari, Karnataka, India.
authors.forename: Uday Kumar
authors.initials: UK
authors.lastname: Reddy
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopaedics, KMCT Dental College, Mallappuram, Kerala, India.
authors.forename: Rasool Karim Nizaro
authors.initials: RK
authors.lastname: Siyo
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthodontics, Dubai, UAE.
authors.forename: Mohamed Abrar
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Ul Haque
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthodontics, Al-Ameen Dental College and Hospital, Bijapur, Karnataka, India.
authors.forename: Harsha
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Basavaraja
authors.affiliation: Department of Prosthodontics, Malabar Dental College and Hospital, Mallappuram, Kerala, India.
authors.forename: Bailore Lakshmikantha Guruprasanna
authors.initials: BL
authors.lastname: Acharya
authors.affiliation: Department of Dental Health, College of Applied Medical Sciences, King Saud University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
authors.forename: Darshan Devang
authors.initials: DD
authors.lastname: Divakar
keywords: Adolescents; nicotine; tobacco cessation