Developing consciousness of health and motivating adolescent students to quit unhealthy habits

Proceedings of ‏The 3rd International Conference on Advanced Research in Education, Teaching and Learning

Year: 2020

DOI: https://www.doi.org/10.33422/3rd.aretl.2020.12.114

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Developing consciousness of health and motivating adolescent students to quit unhealthy habits

Sai Shri Ramamurthy

ABSTRACT: 

This paper talks about the survey conducted before and after the presentation on smoking cigarettes, reverse smoking and consuming alcohol. The target group was undergraduate students of the non-science background from the Bangalore urban district. The lecturer handling non-core subjects like environmental science and science and technology conducted the survey of people with unhealthy habits such as smoking and drinking. A presentation was done by the lecturer about the ill-effects of the same and a survey was conducted after the presentation and a keen follow up was done and the response from the students were honest. The number of students who smoke and drink significantly reduced.

Keywords: Smoking, reverse smoking, alcohol, systemic lupus erythematosus, rheumatoid arthritis, Hairfall, and aging.