Open AccessA population-based study on tobacco consumption in urban slums: Its prevalence, pattern, and determinants
Author(s) -
Amrita Sarkar,
Debjit Roy,
Arvind gpiur
Publication year - 2019
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_42_19
Subject(s) - smokeless tobacco , medicine , environmental health , consumption (sociology) , tobacco use , population , smoking prevalence , cross sectional study , demography , social science , pathology , sociology
India suffers from a huge burden of substance abuse and associated morbidity and mortality. Among all substance use, tobacco consumption is the most common and yet the most widely accepted one. This study aimed to estimate the prevalence of tobacco consumption, to find out the type of tobacco products used and to assess the factors influencing tobacco consumption in the slums of Shillong city.