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Research Paper | Nursing | India | Volume 7 Issue 10, October 2018

Study to Assess the Knowledge of Adults Regarding Passive Smoking Awareness and Exposure

Shalini Pathania

Abstract: Passive smoking is the involuntary inhalation of smoke called second hand smoke or environmental tobacoo smoke, industrial smoke etc. This study aims to assess the level of exposure and awareness regarding passive smoking among the adults. Material and methods Non experimental descriptive survey design was adopted to collect data from 300 adults by using non probability convenience sampling technique, The data was collected by using exposure awareness structure questionnaire consists of sample characteristics. Conclusion The study concluded that most of the adults have medium to high exposure to passive smoking and majority of adults had good level of awareness to passive smoking.

Keywords: passive smoking, Exposure, adults, mullanaawareness

Edition: Volume 7 Issue 10, October 2018,

Pages: 331 - 335