Open AccessTobacco chewing and associated factors among youth of Western Nepal: A cross-sectional study
Author(s) -
Sonu Hangma Subba,
V S Binu,
Ritesh G. Menezes,
Jefy Ninan,
Manu Rana
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
indian journal of community medicine/indian journal of community medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.375
H-Index - 32
eISSN - 1998-3581
pISSN - 0970-0218
DOI - 10.4103/0970-0218.84132
Subject(s) - chewing tobacco , medicine , smokeless tobacco , cross sectional study , habit , logistic regression , environmental health , chewing gum , addiction , demography , tobacco use , dentistry , psychology , population , psychiatry , social psychology , pathology , cancer , sociology , chemistry , food science
Smokeless tobacco is found to be as addictive and harmful as smoking but have not been explored into, especially among youth.