Open AccessFactors attributing to initiation of tobacco use in adolescent students of Moradabad, (UP) India
Author(s) -
T L Ravishankar,
Ramesh Nagarajappa
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
indian journal of dental research/indian journal of dental research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.277
H-Index - 43
eISSN - 1998-3603
pISSN - 0970-9290
DOI - 10.4103/0970-9290.57382
Subject(s) - curiosity , peer pressure , population , addiction , test (biology) , tobacco use , medicine , psychology , environmental health , social psychology , biology , psychiatry , paleontology
Tobacco consumption is a major health menace owing to its widespread use particularly among adolescents. Owing to the presence of impressionable, curious minds, adolescents are highly prone to a number of influences within and outside home, leading them to experiment with tobacco. The addictive nature of tobacco is potent enough to turn these experimental users to addicts.