Smokeless and combustible tobacco use among 148,944 South Asian adults: a cross-sectional study of South Asia Biobank

• Main Authors: Xie, Wubin, Mridha, Malay Kanti, Gupta, Anaya, Kusuma, Dian, Butt, Awais Muhammad, Hasan, Mehedi, Brage, Soren, Loh, Marie, Khawaja, Khadija Irfan, Pradeepa, Rajendra, Jha, Vinita, Kasturiratne, Anuradhani, Katulanda, Prasad, Anjana, Ranjit Mohan, Chambers, John Campbell
• Other Authors: Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine (LKCMedicine)
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2024
• Subjects: Medicine, Health and Life Sciences; Smoking behavior; South Asia
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/173784
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Introduction: Tobacco use, in both smoking and smokeless forms, is highly prevalent among South Asian adults. The aims of the study were twofold: (1) describe patterns of SLT and combustible tobacco product use in four South Asian countries stratified by country and sex, and (2) assess the relations...