• Mr.Saju L T
• Dr.B Sara

More than 8 million deaths are caused by tobacco each year; more than 7 million of these mortality are due to direct tobacco use, and around 1.2 million are due to non-smokers being exposed to second-hand smoke. In low- and middle-income nations, where the burden of tobacco-related disease and mortality is highest, 80% of the world's 1.1 billion smokers reside. The majority of smokers who are aware of the risks associated with tobacco have the desire to stop. A cigarette user's odds of effectively quitting might be more than quadruple with counselling and drugs. The possibilities for health professionals to encourage tobacco cessation is the highest of any group in society.. The objective of the study was to determine the effectiveness of Motivational enhancement programme on nicotine dependence, temptation to smoke, readiness to quit smoking among students. Design: quasi experimental design where Non Equivalent control group design was adopted for the study settings: Anupama group of institutions Participants: 12 student smokers in selected degree colleges who fulfil the inclusion criteria were selected by purposive sampling techniques. Methods: After the completion of the pretest, motivational educational programme (educational sessions on hazards of smoking, benefits of quitting and at the end of the educational session, 5’R”s and Nicotine replacement therapy) were administered to the samples as per the schedule. Post-test-I was conducted to assess the effect of selected interventions regarding the dependence status, resist temptation and planning for quit attempt, after 1 month of interventions. Reinforcement of the intervention (educational sessions,5’R”s and Nicotine replacement therapy) and follow up of the subjects while performing the intervention was done for 1 month after the posttest I. Then, the posttest II was conducted after 3 month among the study participants to reassess the level of motivation of quit smoking. Self-report on quitting was biochemically confirmed by urine cotinine test Result: In experimental group, Repeated measures F-test analysis shows that, mean overall nicotine dependence score is statistically significant different between pre-test and post-test-II( 2 = 9.65P ≤ 0.001), mean overall Temptation score is statistically significant different between pre-test and posttest-II( 2 = 8.33P ≤ 0.001) and the level of readiness to quit smoke score were similar in both the groups and in posttest-II, there is a significant difference in level of readiness to quit smoking score between experimental and control group of student smokers. Therefore, we can conclude that a motivational enhancement programme reduces significantly nicotine dependence, Temptation to smoke and improves significantly readiness to quit smoking among student smokers. This showed that that motivational enhancement programme was effective among student smokers in selected colleges

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"Impact of Motivational enhancement programme on nicotine dependence, temptation to smoke, readiness to quit smoking among students ", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.9, Issue 12, page no.g332-g339, December-2022, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2212651.pdf

"Impact of Motivational enhancement programme on nicotine dependence, temptation to smoke, readiness to quit smoking among students ", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.9, Issue 12, page no. ppg332-g339, December-2022, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2212651.pdf