The impact of information about tobacco-related reproductive vs. general health risks on South Indian women's tobacco use decisions.

ABSTRACT: Smokeless tobacco use among Indian women is increasing despite prevention efforts. Evolutionary theories suggest that reproductive-aged women should be more concerned about immediate threats to reproduction than threats to survival occurring late in life. This study therefore compared an anti-tobacco intervention that emphasized near-term reproductive harms to one involving general harms occurring later in life. Scheduled Tribal women (N = 92) from Karnataka, India participated in this study. At baseline, women reported tobacco use and knowledge of harms, provided a saliva sample to assess use, and randomly viewed either a general harms presentation (GHP) or reproductive harms presentation (RHP). At followup, women reported their use, knowledge of harms and intentions to quit, and p

SUBMITTER: Placek CD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7996064 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature