Open AccessTobacco: Consumption pattern and risk factors in selected areas of Shillong, Meghalaya
Author(s) -
Himashree Bhattacharyya,
Star Pala,
Gajendra Kumar Medhi,
Amrita Sarkar,
Debjit Roy
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
journal of family medicine and primary care
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2278-7135
pISSN - 2249-4863
DOI - 10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_140_18
Subject(s) - medicine , consumption (sociology) , smokeless tobacco , context (archaeology) , environmental health , harm , population , informed consent , addiction , cross sectional study , tobacco use , demography , alternative medicine , law , geography , psychiatry , social science , archaeology , pathology , sociology , political science
The percentage of adults above 15 years who consume tobacco in Meghalaya as per the Global Adult Tobacco survey is 55.2%.