Profile of dual tobacco users in India: An analysis from Global Adult Tobacco Survey, 2009-10

Indian Journal of Cancer

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 393-400

  Gupta, P C ^a   Ray, C S ^a   Narake, S S ^a   Palipudi, K M ^b   Sinha, D N ^c   Asma, S ^b   Blutcher Nelson, G ^b  

^a HEALIS SEKHSARIA INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH   (India)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^c WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cessation; dual mixed tobacco users; India; initiation; national survey; socio demographic profile

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BIDI GUTKA; BIDI KHAINI; BIDI SMOKING; CIGARETTE GUTKA; CIGARETTE KHAINI; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; SMOKELESS TOBACCO; SMOKING; SMOKING AND SMOKING RELATED PHENOMENA; SMOKING CESSATION; SMOKING HABIT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARECACEAE; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TOBACCO USE CESSATION; TOBACCO, SMOKELESS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84875998847     PISSN: 0019509X     EISSN: 19984774     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0019-509X.107746     Document Type: Article

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