Cigarette Selling and Buying by the Minor and Adolescents in Bangladesh: Prevalence, Perceptions and Awareness

Md Al Amin*, Md Nazirul Islam Sarker, Md Altab Hossin, Most Nasrin and Nazmul Huda
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Md Al Amin*: Department of Public Administration, University of Dhaka, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Md Nazirul Islam Sarker: School of Public Administration, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610065, People’s Republic of China, China
Md Altab Hossin: Department of Information Management and Ecommerce University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, China
Most Nasrin: Department of Graduate Nursing,Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University, Bangladesh
Nazmul Huda: Department of Humanities, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET), Dhaka, Bangladesh

The Journal of Social Sciences Research, 2018, vol. 4, issue 12, 556-570

Abstract: Though there is a tendency among teenagers to not care about the adverse effect of tobacco but long-term smoking causes a serious problem in health. The objective of this study is to explore the prevalence, perception and awareness of minors and adolescents on cigarette selling and buying in Bangladesh. In this study, a quantitative oriented qualitative method has been used. The study reveals that overall 63% of the respondents are currently smoking. The proportion of smoking among the buyers is significantly higher (p

Date: 2018
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