Pattern of Tobacco Use and its Correlates among Older Adults in India

Abstract

Purpose: We examined tobacco use pattern and its correlates among older adults. Materials and Methods: of tobacco use. Results Conclusions:Tobacco use -older adults -India -socioeconomic risk factors

Prevalence and Predictors of Current and Former Tobacco Use among Older Adults in Indonesia

“…On the other hand, older age was in this study, in agreement with previous studies (Pang et al, 2016;Yawson et al, 2013) associated with former tobacco use. The strong male preponderance of current and former tobacco use is also in line with previous studies (He et al, 2012;Mini et al, 2014;Peltzer and Phaswana-Mafuya, 2012;Yawson et al, 2013), especially in low-and middle-income countries. These huge gender differences seem to reflect social norms in Indonesian or Asian culture being taboo for women to smoke (Mini et al, 2014;Pang et al, 2016).…”

“…The strong male preponderance of current and former tobacco use is also in line with previous studies (He et al, 2012;Mini et al, 2014;Peltzer and Phaswana-Mafuya, 2012;Yawson et al, 2013), especially in low-and middle-income countries. These huge gender differences seem to reflect social norms in Indonesian or Asian culture being taboo for women to smoke (Mini et al, 2014;Pang et al, 2016). This finding is reinforced by the fact that a large proportion (39.6%) of older Indonesian women engaged in smokeless tobacco use.…”

“…However, contrary to a previous study in Ghana (Yawson et al, 2013), this study did not find an association between higher levels of education, increasing income levels and former tobacco use. Just like in several other middle-income countries (China, Ghana, and India) (He et al, 2012;Mini et al, 2014), this study found an association between rural residence and current tobacco use. The prevalence of former tobacco users was in this study higher in urban than rural areas, as found in a study in Ghana (Yawson et al, 2013), but this was statistically not significant.…”

“…Lower socioeconomic and/or educational status was in this study associated with current tobacco use, as found in previous studies (Mini et al, 2014;Pang et al, 2016). However, contrary to a previous study in Ghana (Yawson et al, 2013), this study did not find an association between higher levels of education, increasing income levels and former tobacco use.…”

“…Risk factors for current tobacco use among older adults include sociodemographic and health variables. Sociodemographic risk factors include, younger age (Blazer and Wu, 2012;Kim et al, 2007), no significant decline with older age (Van Heerden et al, 2009), male gender (He et al, 2012;Mini et al, 2014;Peltzer and Phaswana-Mafuya, 2012;Yawson et al, 2013), lower socioeconomic and/or educational status (Mini et al, 2014;Pang et al, 2016), and rural residence in China, Ghana, and India, and urban residence in Mexico (He et al, 2012;Mini et al, 2014). Health variable risk factors for current tobacco use include chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (Nazir and Erbland, 2009), mental health difficulties (Burns et al, 2017), lower life satisfaction (Yawson et al, 2013), poor self-rated health (Bell et al, 2009), insufficient fruits and vegetable consumption (Ko et al, 2011;Peltzer and Phaswana-Mafuya, 2012), and cognitive impairment (Mons et al, 2013).…”