A Pilot Study of Tobacco Use Patterns in India: The Social and Cultural Context

Agency : Wake Forest University, School of Medicine, USA

The health implications of increasing tobacco use among the youth and women - particularly women in the reproductive age - are of considerable concern in a country with high level of poverty and under-nutrition. Thus, effective tobacco control efforts are urgently needed. However, any discussion of tobacco control must account for the social and cultural meaning of tobacco in Indian culture. The objective of the study was to document knowledge, attitudes and use patterns with regard to tobacco among a demographically diverse population (men, women, youths from rural and urban areas) in India to develop a survey instrument to conduct a household survey in a larger study.


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