PMID- 20141401
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20100427
LR  - 20231213
IS  - 1097-9891 (Electronic)
IS  - 0095-2990 (Linking)
VI  - 36
IP  - 1
DP  - 2010 Jan
TI  - Prevalence of tobacco use among young adult males in India: a community-based 
      epidemiological study.
PG  - 73-7
LID - 10.3109/00952990903575814 [doi]
AB  - BACKGROUND: Prevalence of tobacco use in India is reaching alarming proportions, 
      despite efforts by both World Health Organization (WHO) and Government of India 
      (GOI) in controlling it. Part of the problem has been lack of available data on 
      tobacco use in various groups. Although Global Youth Tobacco Survey (GYTS) and 
      National Family Health Survey (NFHS) III have focused on adolescents and adults, 
      respectively, data on use among young adults is lacking. Another limitation has 
      been the use of the questionnaire method to determine tobacco use which may not 
      reveal exact prevalence. This study aimed to explore the prevalence of tobacco 
      use among young adult males in Ranchi, as confirmed by serum cotinine levels. 
      METHODS: Five-hundred male students were selected through systematic randomized 
      process to represent 5 universities in Ranchi. After informed consent, the 
      students were administered Tobacco and Other Substance Use questionnaire and then 
      subjected to urine Rapid Nicotine Test to improve sensitivity and biologically 
      confirm prevalence. All tobacco users then were administered Fagerstrom's Scale 
      for Severity of Nicotine Dependence. RESULTS AND CONCLUSION: Biologically 
      confirmed prevalence of tobacco use among male students was 55.6%, revealing high 
      degree of prevalence in this age group. Predominant form of tobacco use was 
      cigarettes (78%) followed by khaini (20%) and gutkha (2%), showing that most 
      young adults use cigarettes possibly due to the 'cool image' associated with it. 
      Seventy-seven percent of all tobacco users want to quit, thereby giving a strong 
      opportunity to carry out cessation services in this group. There was higher mean 
      Fagerstrom's Scale for Severity of Nicotine Dependence (FTND) score in smokers 
      (6.7 +/- 2.2) compared to chewers (4.6 +/- 2.5), revealing higher severity of 
      dependence among smokers than chewers.
FAU - Saddichha, Sahoo
AU  - Saddichha S
AD  - National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Bangalore, India. 
      saddichha@gmail.com
FAU - Khess, Christoday Raja Jayant
AU  - Khess CR
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PL  - England
TA  - Am J Drug Alcohol Abuse
JT  - The American journal of drug and alcohol abuse
JID - 7502510
RN  - K5161X06LL (Cotinine)
SB  - IM
MH  - Adolescent
MH  - Cotinine/urine
MH  - Humans
MH  - India/epidemiology
MH  - Male
MH  - Prevalence
MH  - Severity of Illness Index
MH  - Smoking/*epidemiology
MH  - Students/*psychology
MH  - Nicotiana/*adverse effects
MH  - Tobacco Use Disorder/*epidemiology/urine
MH  - Universities
MH  - Young Adult
EDAT- 2010/02/10 06:00
MHDA- 2010/04/28 06:00
CRDT- 2010/02/10 06:00
PHST- 2010/02/10 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2010/02/10 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2010/04/28 06:00 [medline]
AID - 10.3109/00952990903575814 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Am J Drug Alcohol Abuse. 2010 Jan;36(1):73-7. doi: 10.3109/00952990903575814.