KNOWLEDGE OF SELECTED DISEASES CAUSED BY TOBACCO USE AMONG CIVIL SERVANTS IN ABAKALIKI METROPOLIS

📄 Project Abstract

This study sought to determine the knowledge of cancer, cardiovascular, perinatal and respiratory diseases caused by tobacco use among civil servants in Abakaliki metropolis. Survey design was adopted in the study which enabled the researcher to assess opinions on the issue. Primary data were generated using a well-structured questionnaire used for eliciting opinion and 333 respondents were sampled through the use of Taro Yamane statistical formula. The study employed the use of frequencies and percentage for treatment of descriptive data and chi-square for testing the hypothesis with alpha level of 0.05. Findings indicate that tobacco use makes it harder for a woman to get pregnant, it weakens the body's immune system thereby damaging the cell's DNA. Also findings proves that civil servants in Abakaliki metropolis have little on the above mentioned diseases caused by tobacco use. Based on this findings, the study therefore recommends a legislated ban on tobacco use such that policies ...