Research Proposal on Smoking Prevalence

Smoking is a global public health concern. It is now recognized as a major public health problem in the developing world. To our knowledge, no study explicitly analyzed smoking among the general male students living or non living in the residential halls located in the premises of Dhaka University of Bangladesh. Therefore, such information is seriously lacking in case of Bangladesh.

The study will investigate smoking behavior and attitudes among two groups of male students: the first will consist of a number of students selected from the graduation level of different subjects; the second will include the students from the level of post graduation. Data will be collected largely by interview supplemented by some direct observation and relevant secondary data. The study will aim to identify the depth of the prevalence of smoking among the students of the University of Dhaka, the largest and greatest university of Bangladesh.