Willingness to quit tobacco and its correlates among Indian tobacco users—Findings from the Global Adult Tobacco Survey India, 2016–17

Kar, Sitanshu Sekhar; Sivanantham, Parthibane; Rehman, T; Chinnakali, Palanivel; Sundararaman, T

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“…With stress on health warning labels on cigarette packets, some users may be of the opinion that cigarette is the main culprit and tend to consider other tobacco products as less harmful [29]. This also points towards the fact that maybe the healthcare professionals engaged in offering cessation services need to offer their cessation services irrespective of the type of tobacco used and help people quit tobacco use [30].…”

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Intention to Quit Tobacco due to Media Advertisements in India: Findings from Global Adult Tobacco Survey 2016-17

Verma,

Tripathy,

Kumar

2024

Asian Pac J Cancer Prev

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Background: Tobacco has been among the most important causes of morbidity and mortality worldwide. In reducing tobacco consumption, media campaigns are crucial in raising awareness and encouraging individuals to quit. The present study aimed to profile participants of GATS-2, including tobacco usage patterns and media exposure, and explore the factors associated with quitting in the presence of media exposure. Methods: Secondary data analysis of Global Adult Tobacco Survey-India (2016-17) data was done among current daily cigarette smokers and smokeless tobacco users. The primary independent variable was an intention to quit, while media exposure was the primary independent variable. Respondents were profiled as per various socio-demographic variables, and exposure to media advertisements and intention to quit were assessed using weighted bivariate analysis and multivariate log regression analysis. Results: Males, and respondents aged 15 to 45, had more exposure to media and advertisements than female respondents. Cigarette smokers with moderate consumption, better awareness, those who had made any quit attempts in the last 12 months, and moderate to high media exposure depicted better intention to quit. In SLT users, intention to quit depicted significant odds per education level quit attempts and exposure to media and advertisements. Conclusion: We report a high intention to quit among those exposed to advertisements. Media campaigns play an important role in promoting tobacco control. There is a need to assess the impact of such advertisements on behavioral aspects. At the same time, comprehensive tobacco control policies should go hand in hand in reducing smoking rates.

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Intention to Quit Tobacco due to Media Advertisements in India: Findings from Global Adult Tobacco Survey 2016-17

Verma,

Tripathy,

Kumar

2024

Asian Pac J Cancer Prev

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“…Several studies show that most smokers want to quit 5 , 9 , 38 and that knowledge about the negative health effects of smoking and receiving the advice to quit the habit increase the motivation to quit smoking 39 , 40 . We made the same observations (Table 4 ).…”

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Factors predicting willingness to quit snus and cigarette use among young males

Danielsson,

Lammi,

Siitonen

et al. 2023

Sci Rep

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The health hazards of smoking are well recognised and recently knowledge about the harmful effects of nicotine and snus is accumulating. We investigated the factors increasing the willingness of young Finnish males to quit snus and cigarette smoking. We conducted a questionnaire study conducted in 3 out of 16 Finnish Defence Forces units which included 6508 male conscripts, of whom 4706 responded (response rate 72%, mean age 19.4 years). Factors related to the willingness to quit use were analysed by ordinal regression models. Backward selection following the Akaike information criterion (AIC) was used for the model. The prevalence figures of daily snus use and smoking were 17% and 25%, respectively. 16% of the daily snus users were also daily smokers and 29% were occasional smokers. Multivariate analysis showed that the willingness to quit snus use was associated with the perception of health hazards (OR 3.09, 95% CI 1.94–4.93) and with ≥ 2 quit attempts (OR 3.63, 95% CI 2.44–5.40). The willingness to quit smoking was associated with ≥ 2 quit attempts (OR 3.22, 95% CI 2.32–4.49), and with advice to quit smoking (OR 1.65, 95% CI 1.17–2.32). We created a brief two-question assessment model for snus dependence. With this model, nicotine dependence of daily snus users was congruent with that of nicotine dependence of smokers. A direct comparison with serum cotinine levels is necessary before our assessment model can be used as a proxy for dependence. Regular snus use predisposes to nicotine addiction and accumulated health hazards. Our findings underscore the importance of health promotion efforts in early adolescence and of active support for quitting snus use. Easily applicable tools to estimate nicotine addiction are needed for everyday clinical use.

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“…The aim of the Act is to reduce the prevalence of tobacco use in the country and to protect the youth. According to the Global Adult Tobacco Survey (GATS 2016), there were more than 266.8 million (28.6%) tobacco users (aged 15+) and the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW) estimates that 1.35 million deaths every year are attributable to tobacco use in India [ 1 ] As per the Global Youth [ 2 ] Tobacco Survey (GYTS 2019) by the MoHFW, 8.5% children aged 13–15 years consume tobacco in some form in India [ 3 ].…”

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Survey from 61,748 schools in four States of India on sale of tobacco products near schools

Sarin,

Seth,

Sethi

et al. 2024

PLoS ONE

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Background Children form the most vulnerable strata of the society and the tobacco industry is known to target them. Article 16 of the Framework Convention of Tobacco Control (FCTC) calls for prohibition of tobacco sales to and by minors. Although interventions to stop such sales are based on sound science, it is widely acknowledged that many countries find implementation, full of challenges. In India, sales near educational institutions are banned by law, Section 6b of the Cigarettes & Other Tobacco Products Act (COTPA). We conducted a survey of violations in four states [Andhra Pradesh (AP), Karnataka (KA), Meghalaya (ML), Uttar Pradesh (UP)] of India to report the number of violations and to assess if there was an association between the schools with violations and variables such as gender, size, category, location of schools. Methods Schools in these States were asked to report the number of shops selling tobacco within 100 yards on an App circulated to all schools (289,392 in number). Chi-square tests, univariate and multivariate logistic regression performed to find association between schools with violations by Category of School, Size of School, Gender of students and location (Urban/Rural). Findings Responses were received from 61,748 (21.3%) schools of which 16,193 (26.2%) reported violations. It was observed that the percentages of the schools with violations were similar to the prevalence of tobacco usage in the state. Four states AP, KA, ML, UP reported violations 22.2%, 17.5%, 42.9% and 31.4% respectively. On chi-square tests, there was a significant association for the states of KA and ML with regards to variables like size, category, location of schools (p-value <0.001). For AP, all variables were significantly different (p-value <0.001) while for UP variables like size and gender were significant. On logistic regression, there was significant association between the variables like size (>100), category (Upper Primary) and location (urban) for tobacco shops violations in both KA and ML except for the school category that was secondary in ML. While for AP and UP, only size (>100), location (urban) of schools have a significant association with the violations of tobacco shops. Logistic regression of pooled data of four states school size (>100) and school category (primary) and location (urban) had significantly higher association of violation of tobacco shops. Interpretation This is the first large survey with responses from almost all parts of the four states in India. This study shows significant association with the size, category and location of schools. We anticipate that the lists of schools which have such violations can be used by enforcement agencies to take focused action. Such models will help develop effective tobacco control policies in developing countries with large populations where implementation remains a big challenge.

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Willingness to quit tobacco and its correlates among Indian tobacco users—Findings from the Global Adult Tobacco Survey India, 2016–17

Cited by 23 publications

References 20 publications

Intention to Quit Tobacco due to Media Advertisements in India: Findings from Global Adult Tobacco Survey 2016-17

Intention to Quit Tobacco due to Media Advertisements in India: Findings from Global Adult Tobacco Survey 2016-17

Factors predicting willingness to quit snus and cigarette use among young males

Survey from 61,748 schools in four States of India on sale of tobacco products near schools

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