Vikas Bajpai|Vinay Kumar|Shashi Kant|Suman Bhasker
A study of factors impacting on the tobacco use patterns and tobacco-related behavior among the lower middle and lower classes in a resettlement colony of Delhi, India
Jawaharlal Nehru University|Kidwai Memorial Institute of Oncology|All India Institute of Medical Sciences|Jawaharlal Nehru University
study factors impacting tobacco use patterns tobaccorelated behavior among lower middle lower classes resettlement colony delhi indiaobjectives study factors impacting tobacco use patterns tobacco related behavior among lower middle lower classes resettlement colony delhimaterials methods study conducted year 2011 months march octoberit done community based cross sectional house house survey resettlement colony south delhi involving interviews present tobacco users per structured interview guide wherein majority questions closed ended open ended questionsresults study enrolled 1698 subjects males constituting 908 sample women constituted 87median age study subjects 37 years mean age 40 yrs87 percent respondents educated less equal higher secondary levelsome salient fi ndings study underoverall smoked smokeless forms tobacco found almost equally used communitywhile 14 males consumed smoked nonsmoked forms tobacco similar percentage among women 1age seemed important determinant form tobacco usedafter controlling literacy levels found variation consumption different forms smoked tobacco statistically signifi cant p 001across different age categorieswhile cigarette smoking commoner among younger age groups beedis popular among older respondentshowever smokeless tobacco commonly used form tobacco among youthage income levels came two important determinants intensity smokingwhile statistically signifi cant increase intensity smoking increasing age p 001there statistically signifi cant decline intensity smoking p 001with rise income levelshowever statistically signifi cant relationship intensity smoking income suffi ciency stability indebtedness statusthere statistically signifi cant decline tobacco expenditure rise income levels decline tobacco consumption among friend circlepeer pressure easy availability among two commonest reasons people get hooked tobacco useafter meals resting happy mood three commonest occasions order people indulged tobacco usageimplications fi ndings discussed detail