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ArticleJournal of pharmacy & bioallied sciences2020

Tobacco Cessation Behavior Among Smoking and Smokeless Form Tobacco Users in the Indigenous Population of Ernakulam, India.

Eby Aluckal, Civy Pulayath, P Chithra, M S Balakrishna, Alexander M Luke, Simy Mathew

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Article in Journal of pharmacy & bioallied sciences, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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6 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Eby AluckalDepartment of Public Health Dentistry, Mar Baselios Dental College, Kothamangalam, Kerala, India.
Civy PulayathDepartment of Public Health Dentistry, Malabar Dental College and Research Centre, Malappuram, Kerala, India.
P ChithraDepartment of Oral Medicine and Radiology, Malabar Dental College and Research Centre, Malappuram, Kerala, India.
M S BalakrishnaDepartment of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Malabar Dental College and Research Centre, Malappuram, Kerala, India.
Alexander M LukeDepartment of Surgical Sciences, College of Dentistry, Ajman University, Ajman, United Arab Emirates.
Simy MathewDepartment of Growth and Development, College of Dentistry, Ajman University, Ajman, United Arab Emirates.
Malabar Medical College Hospital and Research Centre · INAjman University · AESRM Dental College · IN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeTobacco usage is the leading preventable cause of death in the world today. The tribes in Kuttampuzha region are the aboriginal tribal community found predominantly in the south Indian state of Kerala, India, and this study was conducted to identify tobacco cessation behavior in smoking and smokeless form of tobacco users among them. MATERIALS AND

methodsA cross-sectional design survey was conducted among 516 indigenous community people of Kuttampuzha area of Kerala, India, for the outcome of quit attempts made by the current tobacco users. The sociodemographic variables and tobacco user data collected were subjected to statistical analysis using Open Source R Software.

resultsWhen considered the quit attempts among current smoking and smokeless form of tobacco users, a statistically significant difference was found in subjects who had quit attempts of 1 day or longer in the previous year (

conclusionThis study provides useful insights into different determinants for quit attempts of tobacco users in South India, exploring the sociodemographic features of attempts to quit. International prevention and cessation initiatives will need to be customized to the social-cultural context of these primitive tribal areas of Kuttampuzha, Kerala, to help in prevention and cessation of tobacco usage.

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Cessationindigenoussociodemographictobacco usage

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