Domestic Violence: Prevalence among Saudi Women Attending Primary Health Care Centers in Al-Madina Al Monawara City, 2012

Background: According to a data by WHO, in India there are around 194 million men and 45 million women who consume tobacco either in smoked or smokeless forms. Indians ranks as second biggest consumers of tobacco in different forms like bidi, khaini, paan-masala, cigarettes etc. The present study was conducted with the aim to determine the awareness of adolescents regarding tobacco consumption. Materials and Methods: This cross sectional study was conducted by the Department of Community Medicine, Rajshree Medical Research Institute & Hospital, Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh (India). In this study adolescents of nearby villages were questioned about tobacco consumption and awareness. All the demographic details were recorded including age, gender, residential area and level of education. The data was obtained in a tabulated version and analysed using SPSS software. The data was arranged as percentage of total value. Chi square test was used for analysis. Probability value of less than 0.05 was considered significant. Results: In this present study a total of 300 adolescents were enrolled. Out of these there were 47% (n=141) who were aged between 10-15 years and 53% (n=159) were aged between 15-20 years. There were 168 males (n=56%) in the study and 132 females (n=44%) in the study. There were 86.3% males who knew that tobacco was harmful for health and there were 84.1% females who knew that tobacco had harmful effects.