Age-specific prevalence and predictors of tobacco consumption among male adults in India: subnational inequality and associated risk factors

Hasan, Mahbub; Quazi, Ali; Sarangapani, Nivarthi; Alam, Khorshed

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“…The latest dataset from the National Family Health Survey-5 has been utilized to study the prevalence of tobacco consumption, types of tobacco use, and cessation of any form 5 Journal of Smoking Cessation of tobacco consumption among men aged 15 and above years in India. With 275 million tobacco consumers, India is the second-largest tobacco consumer in the world after China [26]. However, there is a substantial decline in the prevalence of tobacco use among adults, but still, adequate socioeconomic inequalities are found in the prevalence of tobacco use among adults.…”

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Tobacco Use and Cessation among a Nationally Representative Sample of Men in India, 2019–2021

2023

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Tobacco users are exposed to a higher risk of noncommunicable diseases, leading to premature mortality and disability-adjusted life years (DALYs). The future prediction indicates that tobacco-related mortality and morbidity rates will substantially increase in coming years. The study is aimed at assessing the prevalence of tobacco consumption and cessation attempts for different tobacco products among adult men in India. The study utilized information from India’s latest National Family Health Survey-5 (NFHS-5) data which was conducted during 2019-21, including 988,713 adult men aged 15 years and above and 93,144 men aged 15-49. Results suggest that 38 percent of men consume tobacco, including 29% in urban and 43% in rural areas. Among the men aged 35-49 years, the odds were significantly higher for consuming any form of tobacco (AOR: 7.36, CI: 6.72-8.05), smoking cigarettes (AOR: 2.56, CI: 2.23-2.94), and smoking bidi (AOR: 7.12, CI: 4.75-8.82) as compared to those aged 15-19. The application of multilevel model indicates that tobacco usages are not evenly distributed. In addition, there is maximum clustering of tobacco usages found around household level factors. Further, 30% of men aged 35-49 years attempted to stop consuming tobacco. Though 27% of men tried to quit tobacco in the last 12 months and 69% of men are exposed to secondhand smoke, 51% of men who received advice for quitting tobacco and visited the hospital in the last 12 months belong to the lowest wealth quintile. These findings prioritize promoting awareness about adverse effects of tobacco use, especially in rural areas, and capacitate them to adopt cessation efforts so that those who want to quit may be successful in their efforts. In addition, the health system’s response to the tobacco epidemic in the country should be strengthened by training of service providers to promote cessation efforts through appropriate counselling of all the patients visiting them in the context of tobacco use in any form as key drivers of the increasing burden of noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) in the country.

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Tobacco Use and Cessation among a Nationally Representative Sample of Men in India, 2019–2021

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“…There is substantial literature discussing the prevalence of any one form of tobacco product across genders[ 14 - 16 ] or the prevalence of various tobacco products for either men[ 17 , 18 ] or women,[ 19 ] or the prevalence of various tobacco products (smoking, smokeless, or dual users) alone. [ 20 - 26 ] Understanding the most recent prevalence of all forms of tobacco use across both genders as well as its distribution and correlation with various population groups in this diverse country is essential to adjust and build effective health policies and interventions.…”

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Gendered Pattern and Predictors of Tobacco use in India: Evidence from the Second Round of Global adult Tobacco Survey

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Indian Journal of Community Medicine

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Background: India has completed the second round of the Global Adult Tobacco Survey (GATS) to monitor adult tobacco use and progress in tobacco control efforts. This study assesses the gendered pattern of tobacco use and its predictors in the second rounds of GATS. Material and Methods: Publicly available GATS-2 (2016–2017) data was analyzed which contains self-reported tobacco use information of ≥15 years Indians ( n = 74,037). The independent predictors of “smoking only,” “smokeless only,” and “dual use” among current male and female tobacco users were assessed using the multinomial regression model. Results: The burden of “smoking only,” “smokeless only,” and “dual-use” of tobacco were 8.9% (8.74–9.15), 16.69% (16.42–16.96), and 3.89% (3.75–4.03), respectively, in the second round with wide regional variation as well as male dominance in use. Region, age, education, caste, and religion were significantly and consistently associated with different types of tobacco use in both genders. Other contextual predictors of tobacco use were residence, marital status, occupation, awareness, and wealth index (WI). Conclusions: Tobacco use predictors and their gendered patterns are contextual. Monitoring the predictors for tobacco use, which may change over time, should be given priority in the national tobacco control program.

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Age-specific prevalence and predictors of tobacco consumption among male adults in India: subnational inequality and associated risk factors

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Tobacco Use and Cessation among a Nationally Representative Sample of Men in India, 2019–2021

Tobacco Use and Cessation among a Nationally Representative Sample of Men in India, 2019–2021

Gendered Pattern and Predictors of Tobacco use in India: Evidence from the Second Round of Global adult Tobacco Survey

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