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Review
. 2018 Jul;148(1):41-45.
doi: 10.4103/ijmr.IJMR_27_18.

Determinants of smokeless tobacco use in India

J S Thakur  1 , Ronika Paika  1
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Review

Determinants of smokeless tobacco use in India

J S Thakur et al. Indian J Med Res. 2018 Jul.

Abstract

Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) contributes to more than 50 per cent disability adjusted life years (DALYs) in India; and tobacco contributes to 7·4 per cent of DALYs which is next to diet and high blood pressure. According to Global Burden of Disease (GBD) 2015, tobacco use contributed to 5.9 per cent out of total DALYs in India. Smokeless tobacco (SLT) consumption is a multifactorial process influenced by varied range of contextual factors i.e., social, environmental, psychological and the genetic factors which are linked to the tobacco use. The determinants associated with the SLT use are gender, educational level, wealth index (inverse association), urban-rural residence, socio-economic status and low tax. Taking the view from tobacco control programmes, there is a need to address determinants of SLT use with State level monitoring and socio-economic inequalities, progress and review of the taxation of the SLT use in India.

Keywords: Demography - determinants - noncommunicable diseases - smokeless tobacco socio-economic status.

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