TY - JOUR
T1 - Incidence of tobacco use among adults (15-64 years) in rural Kerala
AU - Thirunavukkarasu, Sathish
AU - Kannan, Srinivasan
AU - Sarma, Sankara P
AU - Thankappan, Kavumpurathu R
PY - 2015
Y1 - 2015
N2 - We analyzed data from a cohort study in rural Kerala, India, to study the incidence of current smoking and current smokeless tobacco use. At baseline, of 452 individuals aged 15 to 64 years, 385 were current nonsmokers and 402 were current nonusers of smokeless tobacco. Over a mean follow-up of 7.1 ? 0.2 years, 5.5 became current smokers and 9.0 became current smokeless tobacco users. Among men, 21.1 (95 confidence interval [CI] = 11.1-36.4) of younger individuals (15-24 years) became current smokers and 22.2 (CI = 10.6-40.8) of older individuals (55-64 years) became current smokeless tobacco users. No women smoked both at baseline and at follow-up, but 9.7 (CI = 3.4-24.9) of older women (55-64 years) became current smokeless tobacco users. These findings call for effective implementation of India s Cigarettes and Other Tobacco Products Act, 2003.
AB - We analyzed data from a cohort study in rural Kerala, India, to study the incidence of current smoking and current smokeless tobacco use. At baseline, of 452 individuals aged 15 to 64 years, 385 were current nonsmokers and 402 were current nonusers of smokeless tobacco. Over a mean follow-up of 7.1 ? 0.2 years, 5.5 became current smokers and 9.0 became current smokeless tobacco users. Among men, 21.1 (95 confidence interval [CI] = 11.1-36.4) of younger individuals (15-24 years) became current smokers and 22.2 (CI = 10.6-40.8) of older individuals (55-64 years) became current smokeless tobacco users. No women smoked both at baseline and at follow-up, but 9.7 (CI = 3.4-24.9) of older women (55-64 years) became current smokeless tobacco users. These findings call for effective implementation of India s Cigarettes and Other Tobacco Products Act, 2003.
UR - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4569484/pdf/nihms721661.pdf
U2 - 10.1177/1010539513485787
DO - 10.1177/1010539513485787
M3 - Article
SN - 1010-5395
VL - 27
SP - NP626 - NP629
JO - Asia Pacific Journal of Public Health
JF - Asia Pacific Journal of Public Health
IS - 2
ER -