Manju Rani
Tobacco use in India: prevalence and predictors of smoking and chewing in a national cross sectional household survey
bobjectiveb estimate prevalence socioeconomic demographic correlates tobacco consumption india bdesignb cross sectional nationally representative population based household survey bsubjectsb 315 598 individuals 15 years older 91 196 households sampled national family health survey2 199899 data tobacco consumption elicited household informants bmeasures methodsb prevalence current smoking current chewing tobacco used outcome measures simple two way cross tabulations multivariate logistic regression analysis main analytical methods bresultsb thirty per cent population 15 years older47 men 14 womeneither smoked chewed tobacco translates almost 195 million people154 million men 41million women india however prevalence may underestimated almost 11 15 chewing tobacco among men women respectively 5 05 smoking among men women respectively use household informants tobacco consumption significantly higher poor less educated scheduled castes scheduled tribe populations prevalence tobacco consumption increased age 50 years levelled declined prevalence smoking chewing also varied widely different states strong association individuals sociocultural characteristics bconclusionb findings study highlight agenda improve health outcomes among poor india must include effective interventions control tobacco use failure would likely result doubling burden diseasesboth communicable noncommunicableamong indias teeming poor need periodical surveys using consistent definitions tobacco use eliciting information different types tobacco consumed study also suggests need adjust prevalence estimates based household informants