An analysis of the Relationship between Stress and Smoking Behavior among the Youth in the Indian Medical Colleges

Abstract

The present study was conducted to check the smoking prevalence among the students. The purpose of the present study was to explore and analyze factors associated with smoking behavior among college students. The main objective of the research was to check the impact of stress on smoking behavior, to check the impact of peer smokers on smoking behavior of youth. To check the impact of attitude toward smoking among college students, to check the correlation between stress and addiction towards smoking, to check that how availability and affordability were playing role in smoking behavior. The present study was conducted in one private college i.e., Deccan Medical College Hyderabad, India. Stratified random sampling technique was used to select the sample from the whole population. Total numbers of respondents were 30. The questionnaire was used as a data collection tool. In the current study, the data were analyzed using “Statistical Package for Social sciences (SPSS) program.