Tobacco Use Among College Students Across Various Disciplines in Kerala, India

Menon, Purnima; George, Sanju; Nair, B Sivasankaran; Rani, Anjana; Thennarasu, Kandavel; Jaisoorya, T S

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“…Alcohol consumption was associated with tobacco smoking in a study by Menon et al [ 45 ] conducted in India on 58 colleges (medical included), which is not consistent with our results, that did not indicate that alcohol consumption was a statistically significant predictor of the students smoking status. The same study indicates that there was consistent evidence that drinking alcohol increased the risk of smoking tobacco [ 45 ]. A study by Nasui et al [ 36 ], conducted in Romania on medical students, provides evidence that alcohol consumption was a positive predictor of smoking.…”

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Cigarette Smoking among Medical Students from the Western Balkan

Ilić

Grujičić

Novaković

et al. 2022

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University student’s smoking is a significant public health problem. It is estimated that, globally, every fifth medical student is a smoker. So far, no research dealing with cigarette smoking among medical students has been conducted in the countries of the Western Balkans. The aim of this study was to examine the prevalence and risk factors of cigarette smoking among Western Balkans medical students. A cross-sectional study was conducted among 2452 students from 14 medical faculties in the Western Balkans (Republic of Slovenia, Republic of Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Republic of North Macedonia and Republic of Serbia). The data were gathered through an online survey. There were significantly more non-smokers than smokers among medical students. Only gender and parents smoking status were statistically significantly associated with students smoking status. The smokers were more often male students, who lived in urban areas prior their studies, and whose parents were both smokers. With the aim of monitoring and enhancing student population health, it is necessary for public health activists and health officials to continually survey the students’ smoking status in order to recognize the smoking influencing factors, and form and take on appropriate activities to improve the prevention of cigarette smoking among students, as well as motivate those who smoke to give up smoking, which would contribute to improving the health of the student population.

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Cigarette Smoking among Medical Students from the Western Balkan

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“…The tobacco use in our study population is also much higher than those of 18-24 years old college girls in Mangalore; smoking tobacco, 2.1%, and SLT use, 3.3% (Jodalli and Panchmal, 2019). Likewise, the reported prevalence of any form of tobacco use in college girls from medical, nursing, engineering, arts and science faculties in Ernakulum, Kerala (Menon et al, 2020) being 1.0%, 0.5%, 1.2%, and 1.1%, respectively, are far lower than those found by us. The girls in our study also showed much higher tobacco prevalence than in female students from 25 Universities from low-and middle-income countries reported by Pelzer and Pengpid (2014).…”

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Prevalence of Tobacco Use in Young Adult Literate Girls of 18-25 Years in Meghalaya, India: A Cross-Sectional Study

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Syiemlieh²,

Nongrum³

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Asian Pac J Cancer Prev

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Background: Several national-level surveys have recognized a high prevalence of tobacco use in North-eastern (NE) India. However, information on tobacco use in specific population subgroups still lacks from the region. The present study determines the prevalence and influence of determinants like education and family income on tobacco use in senior school and college-going girls in Shillong, Meghalaya. Additionally, the prevalence of dual use of smoking and smokeless (SLT) tobacco with alcohol and non-tobacco Pan Masala has been examined. Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted among 18-25 years girls in educational institutions in Shillong. Data were analysed using statistical software SPSS version 22. The categorical data presented as frequency (%). Chi-square was employed to see the association between variables. Results: (i) 8.10% of girls were current users of all forms of tobacco; 1.85% were smokers, 4.0% used SLT, and 2.25% were dual users of tobacco (ii) Of the 6.25% current users of SLT, 5.4% used a single smokeless tobacco product whereas 0.85% used multiple products of SLT (iii) 79.5% of tobacco smokers and 30.2% of current SLT users were dual users with alcohol (iv) 37.2% tobacco smokers and 18.5% SLT users were dual users with non-tobacco Pan Masala (v) Tobacco smoking was positively associated with educational status and family income whereas SLT use was independent of educational status and income of girls' families. Conclusions: The study shows a relatively high prevalence of tobacco use and dual tobacco use with alcohol in the study population of educated young adult girls, underscoring a public health concern. It is recommended that an education-based comprehensive awareness program be initiated for tobacco and alcohol control in Meghalaya to improve knowledge and health-seeking behaviour change in this high-risk subgroup to control increasing NCDs.

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“…Low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) are home to more than 80% of the tobacco users of the world, and thus contribute significantly to tobacco-related mortality and morbidity [ 8 ]. Tobacco use is projected to kill one billion in the 21st century and 80% of these deaths will be from LMICs [ 9 ].…”

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“…The widespread use of tobacco in the developing world is attributed to its low price, variations in form, lack of awareness on harmful effects, unregulated aggressive marketing by the tobacco industry and lack of public health policies advocating for its complete ban. India is home to approximately 266.8 million tobacco users and is the second largest consumer of tobacco in the world [ 8 , 10 ]. India’s tobacco landscape is more complex due to the extensive production facilities and use of many smokeless forms of tobacco.…”

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A public policy analysis with key stakeholders’ insights to understand India’s compliance with the WHO framework convention on tobacco control

Ghose¹,

Mahajan²,

Datta³

2022

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Background Tobacco-related morbidity and mortality is a global public health challenge. India is the second largest consumer of tobacco in the world. The present paper synthesises the data from qualitative interviews of experts working in the field of tobacco control alongside a critical analysis of the national tobacco control policy of India. Methods The research methods adopted for the present work included the following: 1) qualitative in-depth interview of experts and analysis of the qualitative data using thematic analysis; 2) searching existing literature and secondary data on the national tobacco policy and analysing the same using the methodological orientation of qualitative content analysis; and 3) health policy analysis of the national tobacco policy. Themes and sub-themes obtained from the two approaches were compared to generate meaning. Results Nine experts (three women and six men) participated in the in-depth qualitative interviews from a variety of professional backgrounds (preventive oncology researcher, tobacco cessation specialist, public health expert, clinicians and human rights activists). The systematic and comprehensive literature search resulted in finding 14 research papers, reviews, policy documents and commentaries on the tobacco epidemic in India. The various themes that emerged from the qualitative interviews that found support from secondary data as well were: ‘ Conflicting policies of Government: Promoting tobacco production and at the same time restricting its use’, ‘Failure to shield from influence of tobacco industry’, ‘Demand reduction proposals through taxation and pricing’, ‘Legislation to protect from and reduce the harm of second-hand smoking’, ‘Health warning on packaging and labelling of tobacco products’, ‘Promotion and advertisement of tobacco products’, ‘Prohibiting production by and sale to minors’. Discussion The control of a tobacco epidemic has multiple structural and functional challenges embedded in the complexity of the public–private interfaces, socio-economic forces, conflicting interests of the stakeholders and diverse nature of the problem. Any intervention planned to reduce the tobacco usage at a population level needs to take these factors into consideration.

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Tobacco Use Among College Students Across Various Disciplines in Kerala, India

Cited by 7 publications

References 14 publications

Cigarette Smoking among Medical Students from the Western Balkan

Cigarette Smoking among Medical Students from the Western Balkan

Prevalence of Tobacco Use in Young Adult Literate Girls of 18-25 Years in Meghalaya, India: A Cross-Sectional Study

A public policy analysis with key stakeholders’ insights to understand India’s compliance with the WHO framework convention on tobacco control

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