@article{Bhatta_Sapkota_Shrestha_Shrestha_2018, title={Substance Abuse among Students in a Dental School}, volume={56}, url={http://jnma.com.np/jnma/index.php/jnma/article/view/3900}, DOI={10.31729/jnma.3900}, abstractNote={<p><strong>Introduction</strong>: Substance abuse has become a burning issue among the medical and dental students. Dental students, who later transform into dentists, have a significant role in substance abuse cessation. Thus the study was undertaken to quantify substance abuse among dental students of Kantipur Dental College. <br><strong>Methods</strong>: A descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted using pretested self-administered questionnaire among undergraduate and post graduate students of Kantipur Dental College. Convenience sampling was done and sample size was calculated.<br><strong>Results:</strong> Study revealed 166 (74.10%) as never smokers, 3 (1.30%) as former smokers and 55 (24.60%) as current smokers. Similarly 97 (43.3%) students never used alcoholic drink, 95 (42.41%) consumed alcohol monthly, 29 (12.95%) consumed alcohol 2-4 times a month and 3 (1.34%) consumed alcohol 2-3 times a week. A total of 78 (35%) students used cannabis.<br><strong>Conclusions</strong>: Substantial numbers of students were indulged in deleterious habits of smoking, tobacco and cannabis intake. Students need to be properly counselled to discourage substance abuse and create a healthy society.</p>}, number={214}, journal={Journal of Nepal Medical Association}, author={Bhatta, Shishir and Sapkota, Manish Raj and Shrestha, Sujita and Shrestha, Rabindra Man}, year={2018}, month={Dec.}, pages={896–899} }