The Type of Tobacco Consumption Habits & Related Health Problem Among the Tobacco Users – A Retrospective Study

Abstract

Background: Tobacco is the leading preventable cause of death in Bangladesh and worldwide. Tobacco use leads most common diseases affecting the heart and lungs. Smoking being a major risk factor for heart attacks, strokes, chronic obstruc-tive pulmonary disease (COPD), emphysema, and cancer. The aim of this study was to evaluate tobacco consump tion habits among users and identify associated health problems. Material & Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted in the Department of Health Education of National Institute of Preven-tive and Social Medicine, Dhaka, Bangladesh. Results: In total respondents who were adult male and female were included in the study. We found the Mean ± SD of age was 38.93 ±2.04. According to Sex, 89.30% were male and 10.70% were female and the majority 103.36% respondents of pattern of tobacco consumtion were smokless. 58.68% consumed Zarda, 54.67% cigarette, 27.34% Gul, 17.34% white tobacco, 8.67% Bidi, and rest of 3.34% consumed tobacco as various method. Tobacco con-sumption showed that a majority of knowledge of problem 50.67% were had cough and health problem the majori-ty 34.67% had dental pain. Conclusion: Health problem of tobacco use among the respondents they still consumed tobacco, so an effective awareness pro-gram to discourage the consumption of tobacco to protect people from the devastating consequences of tobacco usages for own and for the passive smoker.