India is the third largest tobacco-producing country in the world: China produces 30%, the United States 9% and India 7.9% of the world's tobacco. Out of a total of 6 million million kg of tobacco produced globally, 450–500 million kg are grown in India. In our country, 30% is ...
For this study, I make use of a new national survey which examines various practices, patterns and prevalence of tobacco use among 73,356 youth aged 13-15 years in India. The heart of the analysis is the estimation of the price elasticities of the various tobacco products. Overall price ...
BACKGROUND: Studies in India have identified marked variations in overall tobacco use between socio-economic groups. We examined whether associations between socio-economic status (SES) and tobacco use varied across individual Indian states by tobacco type.METHODS: Cross-sectional survey of 100855 househ...
To estimate the tobacco-attributable costs of diseases separately for smoked and smokeless tobacco use in India. The prevalence-based attributable-risk approach was used to estimate the economic cost of tobacco using healthcare expenditure data from the National Sample Survey, a nationally representative...
Exposure to mass media may impact the use of tobacco, a major source of illness and death in India. The objective is to test the association of self-reported tobacco smoking and chewing with frequency of use of four types of mass media: newspapers, radio
Tobacco use among police personnel in Indore, India. In: Lu R, Mackay J, Niu S, Peto R, editors. Tobacco: The Growing Epidemic. London: Springer; 2000.Shrivastava, BM. Tobacco use among police personnels in Indore. In: Lu R, editor. Tobacco: the growing epidemic. London: ...
Mobilising Youth for Tobacco-Related Initiatives in India (Project MYTRI) is a randomized community trial to prevent tobacco use among students in Grades 6 through 9 in 32 private and government schools in Delhi and Chennai, India (N=12,484). The project is a partnership between researchers an...
By the end of this century, tobacco may kill a billion people or more unless urgent action is taken.1 Deaths attributed to tobacco use are increasing in India and account for about one sixth of the world's tobacco-related deaths. Estimations on tobacco-related deaths revealed the fact that ...
In India, 18.4% of women use SLT, and because smoking is typically a socially taboo (GATS 2), SLT is used as an alternate and more acceptable form of tobacco intake12,13. Affordability and accessibility lead to increased use of smokeless tobacco products, including through illicit trade...
According to reports, use of tobacco is highly prevalent among pregnant women in India and Nepal.11,12 Use of tobacco by the pregnant women can be smoking or SLT.1,13,16 Tobacco use during pregnancy may affect both maternal and fetal health. Deep vein thrombosis, pulmonary embolism, myocardia...