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Socio-demographic characteristics and tobacco use among the adults in urban slums of Dhaka, Bangladesh
BACKGROUND: Use of tobacco has become one of the major causes of premature deaths in most developing countries, including Bangladesh. The poorest and most disadvantaged populations, such as those living in slums, are considered to be extremely vulnerable to non-communicable diseases and their risk f...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5420145/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28484362 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12971-017-0131-1 |
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author | Khandker, Nusrat Nausheen Biswas, Tuhin Khan, Abdullah Nurus Salam Hasib, Enamul Rawal, Lal B |
author_facet | Khandker, Nusrat Nausheen Biswas, Tuhin Khan, Abdullah Nurus Salam Hasib, Enamul Rawal, Lal B |
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description | BACKGROUND: Use of tobacco has become one of the major causes of premature deaths in most developing countries, including Bangladesh. The poorest and most disadvantaged populations, such as those living in slums, are considered to be extremely vulnerable to non-communicable diseases and their risk factors, especially tobacco use. The objective of this study was to assess the current status of tobacco consumption among slum dwellers and its association with socio-demographic factors. METHODS: A cross-sectional study was conducted in three slums of Dhaka city. Information about tobacco use as well as socio-demographic characteristics was collected from adult slum dwellers via face to face interviews using WHO STEPS questionnaire. RESULT: Overall proportion of smoking, smokeless tobacco consumption and dual use of tobacco was 35% [95% CI: 31.6-39.8], 40.6% [95% CI: 36.5–45.2] and 12% [95% CI: 9.3–15.0] respectively. Elderly people (55–64 years) were more likely to smoke (OR: 2.34, 95% CI: 1.21–4.49) than younger people (aged 25–34 years). On the other hand, those who had no schooling history (OR: 2.95, 95% CI: 1.66–5.25) were more likely to consume smokeless tobacco than those who had higher education (secondary or above). At the same time, manual workers were more likely to indulge in dual use of tobacco (OR: 5.17, 95% CI: 2.82–9.48) as compared to non-manual workers. CONCLUSION: The urban slum population of Dhaka city has a high prevalence of tobacco use, which increases their likelihood of developing non-communicable diseases. Proper attention needs to be directed towards addressing the risk factors related to non-communicable diseases within this vulnerable population. |
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spelling | pubmed-54201452017-05-08 Socio-demographic characteristics and tobacco use among the adults in urban slums of Dhaka, Bangladesh Khandker, Nusrat Nausheen Biswas, Tuhin Khan, Abdullah Nurus Salam Hasib, Enamul Rawal, Lal B Tob Induc Dis Research BACKGROUND: Use of tobacco has become one of the major causes of premature deaths in most developing countries, including Bangladesh. The poorest and most disadvantaged populations, such as those living in slums, are considered to be extremely vulnerable to non-communicable diseases and their risk factors, especially tobacco use. The objective of this study was to assess the current status of tobacco consumption among slum dwellers and its association with socio-demographic factors. METHODS: A cross-sectional study was conducted in three slums of Dhaka city. Information about tobacco use as well as socio-demographic characteristics was collected from adult slum dwellers via face to face interviews using WHO STEPS questionnaire. RESULT: Overall proportion of smoking, smokeless tobacco consumption and dual use of tobacco was 35% [95% CI: 31.6-39.8], 40.6% [95% CI: 36.5–45.2] and 12% [95% CI: 9.3–15.0] respectively. Elderly people (55–64 years) were more likely to smoke (OR: 2.34, 95% CI: 1.21–4.49) than younger people (aged 25–34 years). On the other hand, those who had no schooling history (OR: 2.95, 95% CI: 1.66–5.25) were more likely to consume smokeless tobacco than those who had higher education (secondary or above). At the same time, manual workers were more likely to indulge in dual use of tobacco (OR: 5.17, 95% CI: 2.82–9.48) as compared to non-manual workers. CONCLUSION: The urban slum population of Dhaka city has a high prevalence of tobacco use, which increases their likelihood of developing non-communicable diseases. Proper attention needs to be directed towards addressing the risk factors related to non-communicable diseases within this vulnerable population. BioMed Central 2017-05-05 /pmc/articles/PMC5420145/ /pubmed/28484362 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12971-017-0131-1 Text en © The Author(s). 2017 Open AccessThis article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made. The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated. |
spellingShingle | Research Khandker, Nusrat Nausheen Biswas, Tuhin Khan, Abdullah Nurus Salam Hasib, Enamul Rawal, Lal B Socio-demographic characteristics and tobacco use among the adults in urban slums of Dhaka, Bangladesh |
title | Socio-demographic characteristics and tobacco use among the adults in urban slums of Dhaka, Bangladesh |
title_full | Socio-demographic characteristics and tobacco use among the adults in urban slums of Dhaka, Bangladesh |
title_fullStr | Socio-demographic characteristics and tobacco use among the adults in urban slums of Dhaka, Bangladesh |
title_full_unstemmed | Socio-demographic characteristics and tobacco use among the adults in urban slums of Dhaka, Bangladesh |
title_short | Socio-demographic characteristics and tobacco use among the adults in urban slums of Dhaka, Bangladesh |
title_sort | socio-demographic characteristics and tobacco use among the adults in urban slums of dhaka, bangladesh |
topic | Research |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5420145/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28484362 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12971-017-0131-1 |
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