Global adult tobacco survey (GATS): A case for change in definition, analysis and interpretation of "cigarettes" and "cigarettes per day" in completed and future surveys

Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 3299-3304

  Jena, Pratap Kumar ^a,b   Kishore, Jugal ^c   Sarkar, Bidyut K ^a,d  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH FOUNDATION OF INDIA   (India)

^b Heath Systems Research India Initiative   (India)

^c MAULANA AZAD MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cigarettes per day; Global Adult Tobacco Survey (GATS); India; Nicotine dependence; Rolled cigarettes

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INDIA; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; SMOKING; TOBACCO; TOBACCO DEPENDENCE;

ADULT; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; SMOKING; TOBACCO PRODUCTS; TOBACCO USE DISORDER;

EID: 84880376969     PISSN: 15137368     EISSN: 2476762X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7314/APJCP.2013.14.5.3299     Document Type: Article

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