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Prevelence of tobacco use among school children in rural part of Rajasthan, India
3rd International Conference on Epidemiology & Public Health
Nagesh Bhat
Posters-Accepted Abstracts: Epidemiology (Sunnyvale)
Abstract
Adolescents are the most vulnerable population to initiate tobacco use. It is now well established that most of the adult users
of tobacco start tobacco use in childhood or adolescence. There has been a perceptible fall in smoking in the developed
countries after realisation of its harmful effects. In India, tobacco consumption is responsible for half of all the cancers in
women, in addition to being a risk factor for cardiovascular diseases and chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases. Data on
tobacco use was collected from 2500 students of age group 10 to 19 years studying in 20 rural government schools of Rajasthan
India, during November 2014 – March 2015. Any kind of tobacco use was found in 338 (13.52%) students; chewable tobacco
use was found in 200 (8.0%) students; smoking was found in 275 (11.0%) students; and both smoking as well as tobacco
chewing was found in 186 (7.44%) students. The findings of the study suggest that an agenda for effective interventions to
control tobacco use among school children in rural parts of Rajasthan should be initiated. There is a need for periodical surveys
using more consistent definations of tobacco use and eliciting information on different types of tobacco consumed.
