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Prevalence of smokeless tobacco use in India and its association with various occupations: A LASI study

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FRONTIERS IN PUBLIC HEALTH
卷 11, 期 -, 页码 -

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FRONTIERS MEDIA SA
DOI: 10.3389/fpubh.2023.1005103

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smokeless tobacco; India; aging; occupation; tobacco consumption

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This study used data from the Longitudinal Aging Study in India (LASI) to investigate the overall prevalence of smokeless tobacco use, as well as its association with different occupations and related variables. The findings showed significant associations between smokeless tobacco use and factors such as occupation type, employer type, workplace, business type, and workload. The government should focus on implementing deaddiction and tobacco quitting policies targeting rural male informal workers.
BackgroundMore than two-thirds of deaths in developing countries are due to non-communicable diseases, and tobacco is a leading risk factor. There are numerous different socio-demographic factors that impact on the use of smokeless tobacco, of which occupation is one. The objectives of this study are to find out the overall prevalence of smokeless tobacco use (ever and current use), the pattern of association with various occupations and related variables (current and past workers), and the role of childhood adversity on initiation and use. MethodsThis study used data from the Longitudinal Aging Study in India (LASI) wave 1, a nationally representative cross-sectional study collected in 2017-18. Current and previous users of smokeless tobacco are taken into consideration as the target population. For the data analysis, survey-weighted tools have been applied for descriptive statistics and multivariable logistic regression model. The weighted data analysis has been done using R studio with R version 4. Results and discussionFrom the sample size of 65,561, 38% have used either smoking or smokeless tobacco. Among them, 40% use tobacco in smoke form, 51% use smokeless tobacco, and 9% take both. At the population level, 22.8 and 20.4% are previous and current users of smokeless tobacco, respectively. Type of occupation, type of employer, place of work, kind of business, and workload were found to be significantly associated with smokeless tobacco use. A deaddiction and tobacco quitting policy targeting rural male informal workers should be the focus of the Government.

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