An Analysis of the Pulmonary Function in Smokers and Non-Smokers Among College Students

Abstract

Background There is an estimation that globally 6 million people are dying due to cigarettes annually. Irrespective of the areas they live in i.e. urban and rural smoking became habitual in Indian population in many ways. By mid-2030 tobacco related deaths would rise to 10 million a year. Cigarette smoking affects respiratory function and is an obvious implication in the aetiology of various respiratory infections especially chronic bronchitis emphysema and bronchial carcinoma. This investigation was conducted to find out the lung function in smokers and non-smokers among college students.Objective To evaluate the respiratory functioning in smokers and non-smokers among college students.Method A samples of 50 students both male and females in the age group of 18 - 25 years fulfilling the inclusion criteria were selected for this case-control study.Outcome measure Lung function Questionnaire LFQ.Results The results show that the overall risk is less as the odds ratio from no risk upon. Risk is more than I but in case of smokers the risk is high.Conclusion The study concludes that there is a significant depletion of lung function in smokers in contrast to non-smokers.