• Sheikh Shariq Rashid
• Dr. Masood Ahmad Sheikh
• Suheel Ahmad Dar

A large volume of data has accumulated on the issues of smoking and health worldwide. The relationship between smoking use and health stems initially from clinical observations about lung cancer, the first disease definitively linked to tobacco use. Almost 35 years ago, the Office of the Surgeon General of the United States Health Service reviewed over 7000 research papers on the topic of smoking and health, and publicly recognized the role of smoking in various diseases, including lung cancer. Since then, numerous studies have been published that substantiate the strong association of smoking use with a variety of adverse human health effects, most prominently with cancer and cardiovascular diseases. Cigarette smoking is regarded as a major risk factor in the development of lung cancer, which is the main cause of cancer deaths in men and women in the United States and the world. Major advances have been made by applying modern genetic technologies to examine the relationship between exposure to smoking and the development of diseases in human populations. Based on these evidences a pre-experimental study was conducted to assess the effectiveness of Planned Teaching Programme on knowledge regarding hazards of smoking among adolescents in selected high schools of district Patiala, Punjab. A quantitative research approach pre-experimental one group pre-test post-test research design was adopted to achieve the objectives of the study. The target population was adolescents of selected high schools of district Patiala, Punjab. Sixty subjects were selected for study by stratified proportionate simple random sampling technique. The study was approved by the institutional ethical review board and informed consent was obtained from all the respondents. The analysis of the mean and standard deviation of the knowledge score in pre-test and post-test revealed that the mean pre-test knowledge score was 10.2±3.183 whereas post-test score was 22.93±2.51. The findings revealed that there was significant difference between pretest and postest mean scores which indicated that planned teaching programme was effective among adolescents in the experimental group. The findings also revealed that significant association was found between the pre-test knowledge score with these demographic variables (age and type of family of adolescents).

Assess Effectiveness, Planned Teaching Program, Knowledge, Hazards, Smoking, and Adolescents.

"A PRE-EXPERIMENTAL STUDY TO ASSESS THE EFFECTIVENESS OF PLANNED TEACHING PROGRAMME ON KNOWLEDGE REGARDING HAZARDS OF SMOKING AMONG ADOLESCENTS IN SELECTED HIGH SCHOOLS OF DISTRICT PATIALA, PUNJAB. ", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.11, Issue 2, page no.f811-f817, February-2024, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2402598.pdf

"A PRE-EXPERIMENTAL STUDY TO ASSESS THE EFFECTIVENESS OF PLANNED TEACHING PROGRAMME ON KNOWLEDGE REGARDING HAZARDS OF SMOKING AMONG ADOLESCENTS IN SELECTED HIGH SCHOOLS OF DISTRICT PATIALA, PUNJAB. ", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.11, Issue 2, page no. ppf811-f817, February-2024, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2402598.pdf