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Prevalence and sociodemographic determinants of tobacco use among adults in Pakistan: findings of a nationwide survey conducted in 2012. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
BACKGROUND: Smoking is one of the leading causes of preventable mortality. The World Health Organization recommends that countries should monitor tobacco use regularly.
David A Leon   +3 more
core   +1 more source

Factors associated with dependence on smokeless tobacco, Navi Mumbai, India

open access: yesHeliyon, 2019
Objective: Nearly 300 million people in India use some type of tobacco product, with about 60% of those using smokeless tobacco. Smokeless tobacco use has been associated with a number adverse health outcomes in India and across South Asia.
Apoorva Salvi   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

A Qualitative Study to Explore the Role of Health Workers in Reducing Smokeless Tobacco Consumption in India

open access: yesJournal of Health Technology Assessment in Midwifery, 2023
India is one of the largest smokeless tobacco consumers globally, leading to devastating health consequences. However, smokeless tobacco still remains poorly understood.
Neha Mehta
doaj   +1 more source

Psychology of tobacco use: Are anti-tobacco policies encouraging the use of smokeless tobacco? A cross-sectional study in an industrial township

open access: yesIndustrial Psychiatry Journal, 2017
Background: Anti-tobacco policies are focused on curbing smoking. Less attention is given to the use of smokeless tobacco use. This raises the concern whether these policies lead to increased use of smokeless tobacco use. The present study addresses this
Diptarka Karmakar, Amitav Banerjee
doaj   +1 more source

Tobacco chewing and associated factors among a vulnerable youth population in Sri Lanka

open access: yesBMC Public Health, 2022
Background Tobacco in any form kills millions of people every year. Tobacco addiction among youth shows an increasing trend while smokeless type is becoming more common.
Manori Dhanapriyanka   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Policy progress of health warnings on tobacco products as per Article 11 of WHO FCTC: a global analysis

open access: yesTobacco Induced Diseases, 2018
Background This paper evaluates the coverage and quality of global implementation of Article 11 of the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (WHO FCTC), for Cigarettes (CIG) and Smokeless Tobacco (SLT).
Shekhar Grover   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Smokeless tobacco use and dental care utilization, using a National dataset

open access: yesAddictive Behaviors Reports, 2022
Background: Smokeless tobacco use has serious oral health consequences. The purpose of this current research is to determine the level of dental care utilization among individuals with smokeless tobacco use as compared with individuals who do not use ...
R. Constance Wiener
doaj   +1 more source

Is there any association between use of smokeless tobacco products and coronary heart disease in Bangladesh?

open access: yes, 2012
BACKGROUND: Most epidemiological studies exploring the association between smokeless tobacco (SLT) use and coronary heart disease (CHD) have been in Western populations, and have focused on SLT products used in those countries.
Choudhury Sohel Reza   +16 more
core   +1 more source

The Risk of Hypertension and Other Chronic Diseases: Comparing Smokeless Tobacco with Smoking

open access: yesFrontiers in Public Health, 2017
BackgroundIn the past, studies have compared smokeless tobacco and non-tobacco users for the risk of various chronic diseases. The differences in the risk of chronic diseases between smokeless tobacco user and smokers have not been explored.
Ankit Anand, Md Illias Kanchan Sk
doaj   +1 more source

Prevalence and trend of smokeless tobacco use and its associated factors among adolescents aged 12–16 years in 138 countries/territories, 1999–2019

open access: yesBMC Medicine, 2022
Background Smokeless tobacco use is popular in some regions worldwide, but it receives less attention compared to cigarette smoking. We aimed to estimate the recent prevalence of, and trends in, smokeless tobacco use and to examine its associated factors
Hui Yang   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

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