Smoked tobacco dependence and its correlates among participants attending life skills training and counselling services programme across Karnataka (2017-2022).

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Indian National Mental Health Survey reports an alarming prevalence of 20.9% for tobacco dependence in India. Dependence on smoked tobacco can be prevented by thorough knowledge of the risk factors associated with it.

Objectives

To estimate the prevalence and identify the factors associated with smoked tobacco dependence among participants attending the life skills training and counselling services programme (LSTCSP) across Karnataka from 2017 to 2022.

Materials and methods

Pretraining data of 3104 participants from training programmes between 2017 and 2022 were utilised. Univariate and multivariable logistic regression analysis was performed based on a conceptual framework with various hypothesised exposure variables and smoked tobacco dependence as outc

SUBMITTER: Therat S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10771161 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature