SOCIO-DEMOGRAPHIC PROFILE AND FACTORS ATTRIBUTING TO INITIATION OF TOBACCO USE AMONG TOBACCO CONSUMERS IN BELLARY, INDIA.
Journal Title: Journal of Evolution of Medical and Dental Sciences - Year 2013, Vol 2, Issue 18
Abstract
After China, it has been estimated by the WHO that India would have second largest number of smokers in the world. The National Family Health Survey-3, 2005-06, data revealed that 57% of adult men and 3.1% of adult women used one or more tobacco products. Among adolescent students the Global Youth tobacco survey 2006 estimated that 17.3% of boys and 9.75 % of girls in India are tobacco consumers. Most common to start tobacco consumption was peer pressure and curiosity. [b]OBJECTIVES[/b]: 1) To study the socio-demographic profile of Tobacco consumers in Bellary 2) To find the factors attributing to initiation Tobacco consumption in Bellary. [b]MATERIAL AND METHODS[/b]: A cross sectional study was conducted among 600 tobacco consumers (Both smoke & smokeless form) in Bellary from January 2011 to June 2011. In this Purposive sampling method was used to get the study subjects from each ward. A pre-tested and semi- structured proforma was used to collect the information. [b]RESULTS[/b]: In the present study out of 600 subjects majority were belong to age group 19-45 years (59.1%), were literate (58.6%), 64.2% were using tobacco since more than ten years, around one third of the study subjects had started using tobacco before the age of 18 years. Peer pressure (49%) was the most common reason to initiate tobacco consumption. [b]CONCLUSION[/b]: Tobacco consumption was more among literates. Many people had started consuming tobacco in there early age only. Peer pressure was the most common reason to initiate tobacco consumption.
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Aravind Karinagannanavar, Wahid Khan, Bellara Raghavendra, Vandana Hiregoudar
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