Tobacco and Alcohol Use and the Impact of School Based Antitobacco Education for Knowledge Enhancement among Adolescent Students of Rural Kerala, India

Table 4

Student’s knowledge and attitude on tobacco hazards.

Category	HS students ()		HSS students ()		value
	No	Yes	No	Yes
Passive smoking harmful	114 (24.1)	359 (75.9)	101 (20.2)	398 (79.8)	0.085
Smoking in public place punishable	91 (17.7)	424 (82.3)	44 (8)	508 (92)	0.001
Pan masala harmful	81 (15.8)	432 (84.2)	65 (11.7)	491 (88.3)	0.031
Pan masala addictive	39 (9.8)	461 (92.2)	36 (6.5)	515 (93.5)	0.249

Statistically significant at 5% level using Chi-square test. Figures in parenthesis are column percentages.