Are socioeconomic disparities in tobacco consumption increasing in India? A repeated cross-sectional multilevel analysis.

ABSTRACT: India bears a significant portion of the global tobacco burden with high prevalence of tobacco use. This study examines the socioeconomic patterning of tobacco use and identifies the changing gender and socioeconomic dynamics in light of the Cigarette Epidemic Model. Secondary analyses of second and third National Family Health Survey (NFHS) data. Data were analysed from 201 219 men and 255 028 women over two survey rounds. OUTCOMES AND METHODS: Outcomes included smoking (cigarettes, bidis and pipes/cigar), chewed tobacco (paan masala, gutkha and others) and dual use, examined by education, wealth, living environment and caste. Standardised prevalence and percentage change were estimated. Pooled multilevel models estimated the effect of socioeconomic covariates on the log odds of tobacc

SUBMITTER: Bhan N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3488713 | biostudies-literature | 2012

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature