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Smoking trends among women in India: Analysis of nationally representative surveys (1993–2009)
BACKGROUND: There is growing concern among policy makers with respect to alarming growth in smoking prevalence among women in the developing countries. METHODS: Using disaggregated data from five nationally representative surveys: Global Adult Tobacco Survey 2010, National Family Health Survey-III (...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4236695/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25422803 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2278-330X.142958 |
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author | Goel, Sonu Tripathy, Jaya Prasad Singh, Rana J. Lal, Pranay |
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description | BACKGROUND: There is growing concern among policy makers with respect to alarming growth in smoking prevalence among women in the developing countries. METHODS: Using disaggregated data from five nationally representative surveys: Global Adult Tobacco Survey 2010, National Family Health Survey-III (NFHS-III) 2004–2005, NFHS-II 1998-1999, National Sample Survey (NSS) 52(nd) Round 1995–1996, NSS 50(th) Round 1993-1994 we analysed female smoking trend from 1993-2009. Tobacco use among females was monitored for almost two decades focusing on gender, literacy, and state-specific trends among respondents aged >15 years. RESULTS: Smoking use among women has doubled from 1.4% to 2.9% (P < 0.001) during the period 2005-2010. The prevalence of smoking increased with decrease in per capita State Gross Domestic Product and literacy status for both men and women. CONCLUSION: As the overall smoking prevalence grows, female smoking is growing at a faster rate than smoking among males, which is an emerging concern for tobacco control in India and requires the attention of policymakers. |
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spelling | pubmed-42366952014-11-24 Smoking trends among women in India: Analysis of nationally representative surveys (1993–2009) Goel, Sonu Tripathy, Jaya Prasad Singh, Rana J. Lal, Pranay South Asian J Cancer TABACCO, THE MENACE BACKGROUND: There is growing concern among policy makers with respect to alarming growth in smoking prevalence among women in the developing countries. METHODS: Using disaggregated data from five nationally representative surveys: Global Adult Tobacco Survey 2010, National Family Health Survey-III (NFHS-III) 2004–2005, NFHS-II 1998-1999, National Sample Survey (NSS) 52(nd) Round 1995–1996, NSS 50(th) Round 1993-1994 we analysed female smoking trend from 1993-2009. Tobacco use among females was monitored for almost two decades focusing on gender, literacy, and state-specific trends among respondents aged >15 years. RESULTS: Smoking use among women has doubled from 1.4% to 2.9% (P < 0.001) during the period 2005-2010. The prevalence of smoking increased with decrease in per capita State Gross Domestic Product and literacy status for both men and women. CONCLUSION: As the overall smoking prevalence grows, female smoking is growing at a faster rate than smoking among males, which is an emerging concern for tobacco control in India and requires the attention of policymakers. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2014 /pmc/articles/PMC4236695/ /pubmed/25422803 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2278-330X.142958 Text en Copyright: © South Asian Journal of Cancer http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | TABACCO, THE MENACE Goel, Sonu Tripathy, Jaya Prasad Singh, Rana J. Lal, Pranay Smoking trends among women in India: Analysis of nationally representative surveys (1993–2009) |
title | Smoking trends among women in India: Analysis of nationally representative surveys (1993–2009) |
title_full | Smoking trends among women in India: Analysis of nationally representative surveys (1993–2009) |
title_fullStr | Smoking trends among women in India: Analysis of nationally representative surveys (1993–2009) |
title_full_unstemmed | Smoking trends among women in India: Analysis of nationally representative surveys (1993–2009) |
title_short | Smoking trends among women in India: Analysis of nationally representative surveys (1993–2009) |
title_sort | smoking trends among women in india: analysis of nationally representative surveys (1993–2009) |
topic | TABACCO, THE MENACE |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4236695/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25422803 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2278-330X.142958 |
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