Abstract: Tobacco use is the single most preventable cause of premature disease and death, currently leading to over five million deaths globally each year which is expected to rise to over eight million deaths by 2030.
Aims/Objective: To study the prevalence of tobacco use and some socio-demographic factors associated with tobacco use in the individuals aged 20 years and above in the urban field practice area of Santa Cruz, Goa.
Materials and methods: The present cross sectional community based study was conducted in Santa Cruz an urban area of Goa. 311 households were chosen using systematic random sampling and 935 individuals aged 20 years and above from the 311 households were recruited in the study. The data was collected in a pre-designed structured questionnaire by face to face interview.
Results: The prevalence of tobacco use was found to be 34.8%.The prevalence of smoking tobacco use was found to be 20.3%, smokeless tobacco use was found to be 14.1 % and tobacco use in any form was found to be 0.4%. Tobacco use was found to be highest (40.8%) in the age group of 40-49 years. Tobacco use was higher in males as compared to females. Tobacco use was higher in illiterate (40%), unemployed (65.2%) and low socio-economic status (51.5%).
Conclusion: Tobacco Control Policy would have to consider type of tobacco consumption, age at initiation of tobacco use, education and employment status of individuals while striving to decrease tobacco use. Priority should also be given to smokeless tobacco control efforts.
Keywords: Smokeless Tobacco, Smoking, Tobacco use, Urban Population.
Title: Prevalence and Patterns of Tobacco Use: A Cross Sectional Study in Santa Cruz, Goa, India
Author: GAUDE SHITAL RAMA, SILVA PINTO VANITA
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