DhirendraN Sinha, KrishnaM Palipudi, Italia Rolle, Samira Asma et al.
BACKGROUND: This paper examines the prevalence of current tobacco use among youth and adults in selected member countries of the South-East Asia Region using the data from school and household-based surveys included in the Global Tobacco Surveillance System. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Global Youth Tobac...
Rumana Huque, MMostafa Zaman, Syed Mahfuzul Huq, DhirendraN Sinha
Despite the high prevalence of smokeless tobacco (SLT) use among adults in Bangladesh, SLT was not included in the Tobacco Control Law till 2013. Information on SLT use among Bangladeshi people is inadequate for policymaking and implementing effective control measures. With the aim to identify the p...
K. M. Palipudi, DhirendraN Sinha, Sohel Reza Choudhury, Zaman Mustafa et al.
OBJECTIVE: To examine exposure to second-hand smoke (SHS) at home, in workplace, and in various public places in Bangladesh. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Data from 2009 Global Adult Tobacco Survey (GATS) conducted in Bangladesh was analyzed. The data consists of 9,629 respondents from a nationally represe...
DhirendraN Sinha
Noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) arrived late on the global health agenda; Millennium Development Goals lost the opportunity to include this. Sustainable development goals (SDGs) offer an unprecedented opportunity. It provides us the political mandate to act. SDGs are interlinked; NCDs are an integra...