Imran Khan, Iffat Masood, Fadia Nazir Malik, Asma Khan, Muhammad Ayub.
Smoking Pattern and its Correlation with the Blood Parameters in Students of Abbottabad Colleges.
J Ayub Med Coll Abottabad Jan ;11(1):51-3.

A total of 527 students from different colleges of Abbottabad were included in a study on cigarette smoking, which was carried out between May 1990 and September 1997. Out of the total 30.2% were smokers, 503% were ex-smokers and 64.5% were non-smokers. `Fashion` and `tension reduction` were the train excuses given by most of the smokers for smoking. Ex-smokers were very small number and were previously light smokers. They quitted smoking because of health hazards. Most of the students were non-smokers who expressed religion and health effect as the main reason for not smoking. The Red Cell Count, Hemoglobin (Hb) and Packed Cell Volume (PCV) were found raised and showed a close dependent relationship with amount of tobacco.

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This article was the effort of undergraduate students of Ayub Medical College Abbottabad and won the 1st prize in Students' Presentation at 6th Biennial International Conference of the Pakistan Physiological Society, held in October 1997 at Bolan Medical College, Quetta.
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