Attitude and Behaviour of Residence of Ibadan North Local Government Area Towards Smoking
The study examined the attitude and behaviour of respondents in Ibadan North Local Government Area of Oyo State on smoking. The study adopted a survey research design of a descriptive type. The target population for the study consisted smokers in Ibadan North Local Government Area. The sampling method adopted in the study was in two phases: accidental and snow-balling to select 200 smokers. The instrument tagged Attitude and Behaviour towards Smoking of Cigarette Questionnaire (ABSCQ) was developed by the researcher. The validation of the instrument was through Cronbach alpha which yielded a coefficient of 0.7. The researcher and the research assistant went to parks and game areas where people play draft, ludo, snooker in Ibadan North Local Government Area. The data were analysed using frequency and percentages, as well as Chi square. Respondents had started smoking before they were 11 years old. About 24% of the respondents started smoking cigarette between 16 and 20 years. There were more new comers into cigarette smoking as almost half of them had been smoking between 1 and 5 years ago. A high proportion of the respondents also have been smoking for more than 25 years ago. Almost all the sampled respondents (89.4%) were cigarette smokers and very few were users of snuff and other smokeless tobacco. Some of the respondents (35.2%) used tobacco within 30 minutes of their waking up; whereas the remaining 64.8% used tobacco after 30 minutes of their waking up. The habit or behaviour of smoking was picked from friends and co-workers. It is recommended that there should be an enforcement of the law to disallow smoking in public places as it constitutes health challenges to both smokers and passive smokers.
Joshua Oluwajoba Adewale
Attitude and Behaviour of Residence of Ibadan North Local Government Area Towards Smoking
The study examined the attitude and behaviour of respondents in Ibadan North Local Government Area of Oyo State on smoking. The study adopted a survey research design of a descriptive type. The target population for the study consisted smokers in Ibadan North Local Government Area. The sampling method adopted in the study was in two phases: accidental and snow-balling to select 200 smokers. The instrument tagged Attitude and Behaviour towards Smoking of Cigarette Questionnaire (ABSCQ) was developed by the researcher. The validation of the instrument was through Cronbach alpha which yielded a coefficient of 0.7. The researcher and the research assistant went to parks and game areas where people play draft, ludo, snooker in Ibadan North Local Government Area. The data were analysed using frequency and percentages, as well as Chi square. Respondents had started smoking before they were 11 years old. About 24% of the respondents started smoking cigarette between 16 and 20 years. There were more new comers into cigarette smoking as almost half of them had been smoking between 1 and 5 years ago. A high proportion of the respondents also have been smoking for more than 25 years ago. Almost all the sampled respondents (89.4%) were cigarette smokers and very few were users of snuff and other smokeless tobacco. Some of the respondents (35.2%) used tobacco within 30 minutes of their waking up; whereas the remaining 64.8% used tobacco after 30 minutes of their waking up. The habit or behaviour of smoking was picked from friends and co-workers. It is recommended that there should be an enforcement of the law to disallow smoking in public places as it constitutes health challenges to both smokers and passive smokers.