Abstract

Background of the study: “Health is wealth” goes the saying health is an essential factor for a happy contended life based on Alma-Ata’s declaration. Much emphasis is being laid on health promotion and preventive health care. Encouraging people to adopt healthy lifestyles and appropriate coping strategies is a key to promoting optimum health. Objectives: To assess the perception of nursing students towards tobacco consumption. And To determine the association of perception with the selected demographic variable. Methodology: A descriptive study was conducted to assess the perception about tobacco consumption among nursing students with a view to providing tobacco avoidance therapy. A non-experimental research approach was adopted for this study, which was considered the most appropriate to assess nursing students’ perception of tobacco consumption. The research design was a Descriptive survey research design. The population for this study was all nursing students studying at Jai Institute of Nursing and Research. A sample of 30 nursing students was selected by using a purposive sampling technique. Data was collected using a Likert type of perception rating scale. Data were analyzed and Result: The results of this study revealed that the majority of the students (56.7%) belonged to the 21-23-year age group, the majority of male (100%) students, majority of the students (36.7%) belonged to the batch 2013-17, majority of 33.3% of the students are having family income more than 36997 Rs, majority of 46.7% of the students having no tobacco users in his family, majority of 70% of the student’s age of 1st tobacco consumption between 16-24 year, majorities of 76.7% of the students were consumed tobacco by smoking, majority of 63.3% of the students were consumed tobacco at once or 2 times in a day, majority of the 33.3% students having unknown causes of tobacco consumption, majority of the 76.66% of the students are ready to quit now, majority of the 90% of the students knew about the harmful effects of tobacco consumption. The perception score showed that 100% of the students agree that cigarette smoking contains a chemical that irritates the air passage and lungs, There is a significant association of perception with Age and Feel About tobacco consumption at a 0.05 level of significance. Conclusion: this revealed that 100% of the nursing students had a good perception about tobacco consumption.

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