A Study of tobacco use among street children of Delhi

Prevalence of smokeless tobacco use among school going adolescent students of Raipur city Chhattisgarh state, India

“…The reason for higher consumption of gutka and pan masala among students is because of its easy accessibility and availability and also more or less socially accepted for their age. Similar finding is supported in study by Malhotra et al 8 The present study also reveals that peer influence as the commonest reason for initiation. The reason was supported by findings in the studies.…”

A cross sectional study to assess the prevalence and awareness of tobacco consumption among school students in a cosmopolitan city of India

“…Other studies from India also reported the high prevalence of awareness of tobacco among children. [8][9][10][11] As here in our study it was found that 6.6% consume some form of tobacco. A community-based research study by Dongree et al revealed that about 68.3% boys and 12.4% girls had consumed any tobacco products in last 30 days, among the main forms of tobacco 79.2% consumed kharra and 46.4% consumed gutka.…”

“…But when a friend adopts smoking, it becomes a powerful influence to smoke. 9 It has been shown that never smokers whose peers smoke are about twice as likely to initiate smoking over the next year or two. 9 Parents can play a role in steering their children away from peers who smoke.…”

“…9 It has been shown that never smokers whose peers smoke are about twice as likely to initiate smoking over the next year or two. 9 Parents can play a role in steering their children away from peers who smoke. In present study 5.1% student's family members know about their tobacco intake.…”

Smoking and Smokeless Tobacco Use in Children & Adolescents: Clinical Profile and Comparison

“…India has one of the highest youth smoking rates in the world [2]. Another large scale multisite survey in India focusing on the child and adolescence population conducted among more than 4000 children of age range [5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18] years. This study revealed that tobacco was the commonest substance of abuse and nearly 75% of the study population were using it in the last month [3].…”