Prevalence of smoking effect on breathlessness among north Indian student

Published: 14 April 2023| Version 1 | DOI: 10.17632/cntgxsjbnk.1
Contributors:
abhishek shrestha,

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Smoking is commonest addictive behavior worldwide. youngester are mostly active in this behaviour.A cross-sectional study was conducted among 532 college students in north india and MMRC scale was use to identify their level of breathlessness.outof 532 students, 58% were smokers in which 34.21% were regular smokers and 24.62% were occasional smokers. It was showed that 81.32% of regular smoker felt breathlessness sooner than non smokers.dysponea shows strong realtion with smoking behaviour.

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Maharishi Markandeshwar Institute of Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation

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Physiotherapist

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