Tobacco use in India: prevalence and predictors of smoking and chewing in a national cross sectional household survey

To estimate the prevalence and the socioeconomic and demographic correlates of tobacco consumption in India.

Cross sectional, nationally representative population based household survey. SUBJECTS: 315 598 individuals 15 years or older from 91 196 households were sampled in National Family Health Survey-2 (1998-99). Data on tobacco consumption were elicited from household informants. Measures and methods: Prevalence of current smoking and current chewing of tobacco were used as outcome measures. Simple and two way cross tabulations and multivariate logistic regression analysis were the main analytical methods.