OBJECTIVE

To evaluate the effectiveness of structure teaching programme on tobacco abuse among adults

Methodology: Pre experimental one group pretest – posttest design was adopted. Convenient sampling technique was used and 100 adults were selected at kancheepuram district. The data was collected, organized and analyzed in terms of both descriptive and inferential statistics.

Result: The analysis revealed that the mean value of pretest was 7.92±3.92 and was increased in posttest to 17.36±2.67 The‘t’ value was 10.92, which had high statistical significance at p<0.05 level and which confirms that there was a statistically significant difference between pretest and posttest level of knowledge on tobacco abuse among adults.

Conclusion: This study proves that structure teaching programme was effective in improving level of knowledge on tobacco abuse among adults.