Prevalence of tobacco consumption in an urban area Belgaum, Karnataka, India

Authors

  • Amaresh P. Patil Department of Community Medicine, Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, Belagavi, Karnataka, India
  • Preet P. Khona Department of Community Medicine, Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, Belagavi, Karnataka, India
  • Manjula Patil Assistant Professor, Department of Community Medicine, Belagavi Institute of Medical Sciences, Belagavi, Karnataka, India

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20163911

Keywords:

Tobacco, Tobacco consumption, Prevalence of tobacco

Abstract

Background: Tobacco use imposes a huge burden of disease in India and is a major global public health problem. There are over many diseases that are caused, increased or exacerbated by tobacco. In north Belgaum, farmers cultivate tobacco over large areas and many are into tobacco trade. So there is a need to obtain the information and assess the percentage consumption of tobacco use so that further steps to reduce the prevalence can be carried out.   The main objective was to know the prevalence of tobacco consumption in an urban area of Belgaum, India.

Methods:  This descriptive cross-sectional study was done in Khasbag area, Belgaum district which is urban field practice area of Belgaum Institute of Medical Sciences over a period of six months from July to December 2011. The sample size was calculated to be 238 and subjects were interviewed from different anganwadis of all the wards of UHTC. Anganwadis were chosen randomly and data was collected by doing systematic sampling.

Results: The prevalence of ever use of tobacco was found to be 37.97% in men and 12.5% in women. During the study the number of people consuming tobacco was 28.57%. The significant finding observed was that 77.94% of people consuming tobacco, were using smokeless form.

Conclusions: The prevalence of tobacco consumption was higher in males than females and smokeless form was the most commonly used form.

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Published

2016-12-22

How to Cite

Patil, A. P., Khona, P. P., & Patil, M. (2016). Prevalence of tobacco consumption in an urban area Belgaum, Karnataka, India. International Journal Of Community Medicine And Public Health, 3(11), 3059–3062. https://doi.org/10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20163911

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