Krishna Palipudi, Prakash C. Gupta, Dhirendra Narain Sinha, Linda J. Andes et al.
BACKGROUND: Tobacco use has been identified as the single biggest cause of inequality in morbidity. The objective of this study is to examine the role of social determinants on current tobacco use in thirteen low-and-middle income countries. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS: We used nationally represe...
Lazarous Mbulo, Krishna Palipudi, Linda J. Andes, Jeremy Morton et al.
OBJECTIVE: Children are vulnerable to secondhand smoke (SHS) exposure because of limited control over their indoor environment. Homes remain the major place where children may be exposed to SHS. Our study examines the magnitude, patterns and determinants of SHS exposure in the home among children in...
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...
Jeremy Morton, Yang Song, Heba Fouad, Fatimah El Awa et al.
OBJECTIVE: Evidence shows that smoking tobacco using a waterpipe is significantly associated with diseases. Despite this, waterpipe use seems to be increasing worldwide, though nationally representative data are not widely available. The Global Adult Tobacco Survey (GATS) provides an opportunity to ...
K. M. Palipudi, SA Rizwan, DN Sinha, LJ Andes et al.
INTRODUCTION: Tobacco use is a leading cause of deaths and Disability Adjusted Life Years lost worldwide, particularly in South-East Asia. Health risks associated with exclusive use of one form of tobacco alone has a different health risk profile when compared to dual use. In order to tease out spec...
Nigar Nargis, Hua‐Hie Yong, Pete Driezen, Lazarous Mbulo et al.
INTRODUCTION: Tobacco smoking is often more prevalent among those with lower socio-economic status (SES) in high-income countries, which can be driven by the inequalities in initiation and cessation of smoking. Smoking is a leading contributor to socio-economic disparities in health. To date, the ev...
Luhua Zhao, Lazarous Mbulo, Evelyn Twentyman, Krishna Palipudi et al.
BACKGROUND: Smokeless tobacco (SLT) use is associated with multiple adverse health effects. It is prominent in Bangladesh, India, and Pakistan, but disparities in use within and across these countries are not well documented or understood. This study assessed the prevalence, patterns, and correlates...
Yang Song, Luhua Zhao, Krishna Palipudi, Samira Asma et al.
BACKGROUND: The World Health Organization (WHO) MPOWER is a technical package of six tobacco control measures that assist countries in meeting their obligations of the WHO Framework Convention Tobacco Control and are proven to reduce tobacco use. The Global Adult Tobacco Survey (GATS) systematically...
Denise V. D’Angelo, Indu B. Ahluwalia, Eugene Pun, Shaoman Yin et al.
Tobacco use is a leading preventable cause of morbidity and mortality, with nearly 6 million deaths caused by tobacco use worldwide every year (1). Cigarette smoking is the most common form of tobacco use in most countries, and the majority of adult smokers initiate smoking before age 18 years (2,3)...