Prevalence of Tobacco Use among Young Adult Males in India: A Community-Based Epidemiological Study.
Conclusion: Biologically confirmed prevalence of tobacco use among male students was 55.6%, revealing high degree of prevalence in this age group. Predominant form of tobacco use was cigarettes (78%) followed by khaini (20%) and gutkha (2%), showing that most young adults use cigarettes possibly due to the ‘cool image’ associated with it. Seventy-seven percent of all tobacco users want to quit, thereby giving a strong opportunity to carry out cessation services in this group. There was higher mean Fagerstrom’s Scale for Severity of Nicotine Dependence (FTND) score in smokers (6.7 +/- 2.2) compared to chewers (4.6 +/- 2.5), revealing higher severity of dependence among smokers than chewers.
PMID: 20141401 [PubMed - in process] (Source: The American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse)
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Written by James on February 12, 2010 at 17:05
Filed Under: Drug and Alcohol Abuse
Tags: alcohol-abuse, all-tobacco, biologically, Drug and Alcohol Abuse, most-young, nicotine, revealing-high, severity
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