Rural-urban disparities in tobacco use among middle aged and elderly Indian adults: a multivariate decomposition analysis
Tobacco use was found to be more prevalent in rural than urban areas and among the poorer wealth quintiles. Differences in the prevalence of various socio-economic and cultural factors were found to contribute to the rural-urban differences in tobacco consumption.
Authors
- Soumya Chakraborty
- Anam Anil Alwani (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5009-7328)
- Pritam Halder (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0008-2407-6807)
- Anand Krishnan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9173-7811)
- Baridalyne Nongkynrih
Institutions
- KPC Medical College and Hospital (IN)
- Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (IN)
- All India Institute of Medical Sciences (IN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Public Health
- Published
- 2025-08-18
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-025-23937-0
- Citations
- 3
- Primary Topic
- Smoking Behavior and Cessation
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 2.33