Abstract
Objective: The paper is aimed primarily to find out the frequency and regularity related to headache in the students of medical caused because of castoff smoking, furthermore it also was also aimed to observe the response of non-smoker medical students for passive smoking.
Methods: Variety of sections were studied in three different and private colleges. A total sample of 300 from three colleges of Karachi was observed back in 2014 in the month of June. The age limit defined for the study was limited from 18 years to 25 years. In the selected sample the students not addicted to smoking and do not smoke were studied exposed to castoff smoking more than one times in a day. The medical students were asked questions inquiring about their gender, age, duration of exposure to smoking and the interval that is frequency of exposure. Presence of headache to the response of castoff smoking observed by whom do not smoke was observed.
Result: A total of 186 students out of 290 notices and complained the issue under discussion and felt uneasy due to presence of smokers around them. This almost equals to the 64.1% of the total if we calculate it empirically. Out of those 186 almost a total of 172 belonged to medical students. This almost equals to 59% of the total. A total of 127 were exposed to smoking roughly more than two times a day. This equals 43% of the total affected students. Amongst 290 students 255 were of the opinion that smoking at any public place should be banned and accounted for. Smokers do response positively to the suggestion forwarded by the affected students.
Conclusion: It is evident that the problem persists and students feel headache directly related to castoff smoking. The counselling of the smokers in favor of not to smoke at the public place is suggested training them to avoid smoking at open public places. The law should also play its role in the observance of the said suggestion.