@article{Shrestha_Shrestha_Bhusal_Neupane_Pandey_Lohala_Bhandari_Yadav_Vaidya_2020, title={Prevalence of Smoking among Medical Students in a Tertiary Care Teaching Hospital}, volume={58}, url={http://www.jnma.com.np/jnma/index.php/jnma/article/view/5006}, DOI={10.31729/jnma.5006}, abstractNote={<p><strong>Introduction</strong>: Tobacco smoking is one of the most important preventable risk factors for noncommunicable diseases. It has been seen that medical students have a higher frequency of smoking<br />compared to the general population. This study aims to determine the prevalence of smoking among<br />third-year medical students in a tertiary care teaching hospital in Nepal.</p> <p><br /><strong>Methods</strong>: This descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted among the hospital’s third-year<br />undergraduate medical students over a four-month period (October 2019 to January 2020). Ethical<br />clearance was received from the Institutional Review Committee of Kathmandu Medical College<br />and Teaching Hospital. The whole sampling technique was used to collect data. The Global Health<br />Professional Students Survey questionnaire was used to collect data. Data analysis was done in the<br />statistical package for social sciences.</p> <p><br /><strong>Results</strong>: The prevalence of current smoking among selected medical students of Kathmandu Medical<br />College and Teaching Hospital is 34 (30.1%), majority male 26 (23%). Fifty-six (49.4%) of them had<br />ever smoked cigarettes in their life, and 27 (23.9%) had their first cigarette in late adolescence. The<br />number of students who used other forms of tobacco was comparatively lower i.e. 6 (5.3%). Many<br />of the students 53 (46.9%) were exposed to second-hand smoke both at home and in public, while 18<br />(15.9) exposed only at public places, and 6 (5.3%) only at home.</p> <p><br /><strong>Conclusions</strong>: Our study has concluded that there is a notable prevalence of smoking among the<br />participants. This points to the need for specific training sessions in their clinical years about smoking<br />cessation for themselves and regarding counseling for patients.</p>}, number={226}, journal={Journal of Nepal Medical Association}, author={Shrestha, Neharika and Shrestha, Nikhil and Bhusal, Suzit and Neupane, Asmita and Pandey, Rakshya and Lohala, Nita and Bhandari, Arpan Pratik and Yadav, Mandeep Kumar and Vaidya, Abhinav}, year={2020}, month={Jun.}, pages={366–371} }