scholarly journals The Reasons for Using Smokeless Tobacco: A Review

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mahnaz SOLHI ◽  
Esmaeil FATTAHI ◽  
Zahra Sadat MANZARI ◽  
Prakash C. GUPTA ◽  
Mehdi KARGAR ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
Peer Relationships ◽  
Tobacco Use ◽  
Smokeless Tobacco ◽  
Public Health Problem ◽  
Patterns Of Use ◽  
The People ◽  
Content Analysis Method ◽  
Smokeless Tobacco Use ◽  
And Control

Background: Smokeless tobacco use is a public health problem in some parts of the world. The major objective of this study was to investigate the reasons and factors of consumption. Methods: A content analysis was conducted on articles for the past thirty years (1989-2019). We reviewed and selected 400 abstracts of original articles from PubMed databases by the search strategy, and reviewed one by one. Among these, 45 abstracts were selected, in which the patterns of use, the reasons for using, and the determinants and predictors were described. Eleven papers were selected based on the results and related to the research objectives. The results of these articles were evaluated precisely word by word and phrase by phrase with content analysis method and inductive approach. Results: The reasons for the use of smokeless tobacco fell in two main themes: socio-cultural structure; and, beliefs, each contained Sub-themes such as "culture and living conditions", "laws", "family and peer relationships", "beliefs related to psychological" and "beliefs related to physical influences", "beliefs", "The role of harm perceptions ". Conclusion: There was a difference between beliefs, cultures and social conditions among the people about using of smokeless tobacco and the association of these factors is investigated in future studies. We also suggest for the prevention and control of smokeless tobacco use, cultural norms and beliefs will need to address adequately.

Prevalence and Patterns of Smokeless Tobacco Use in a Southeastern University

1987 ◽  
Vol 17 (3) ◽  
pp. 201-211 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elbert D. Glover ◽  
Elizabeth W. Edmundson ◽  
Paul P. Alston ◽  
Don Holbert ◽  
Kathleen L. Schroeder
Keyword(s):  
Tobacco Use ◽  
Smokeless Tobacco ◽  
Southeastern United States ◽  
Female Students ◽  
Male Students ◽  
Education Programs ◽  
Tobacco Products ◽  
Adverse Health Effects ◽  
Patterns Of Use ◽  
Smokeless Tobacco Use

The purpose of this study was to determine prevalence and patterns of use for tobacco products, especially, the use of smokeless tobacco among students at a university in the Southeastern United States. Six-hundred and thirty-two students, representing both sexes, participated in the survey, which elicited information regarding current and former use of tobacco products. Smokeless tobacco use was considerably more prevalent among male students than among female students; the reverse was true for cigarette smoking. Overall, the prevalence of tobacco use in this study indicates a need to begin health education programs regarding the adverse health effects of smokeless tobacco use with males and to revise smoking education programs to place more emphasis on female usage.

Assessing quality-adjusted years of life lost associated with exclusive cigarette smoking and smokeless tobacco use

2021 ◽  
pp. 106707
Author(s):  
Xin Xu ◽  
Leah Fiacco ◽  
Brian Rostron ◽  
Ghada Homsi ◽  
Esther Salazar ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cigarette Smoking ◽  
Tobacco Use ◽  
Smokeless Tobacco ◽  
Years Of Life Lost ◽  
Smokeless Tobacco Use

scholarly journals Prevalence and Correlates of Snuff Use, and its Association With Tuberculosis, Among Women Living With HIV in South Africa

2018 ◽  
Vol 21 (8) ◽  
pp. 1087-1092 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jessica L Elf ◽  
Ebrahim Variava ◽  
Sandy Chon ◽  
Limakatso Lebina ◽  
Katlego Motlhaoleng ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Tobacco Use ◽  
Smokeless Tobacco ◽  
People Living With Hiv ◽  
Potential Health ◽  
Adjusted Analysis ◽  
Women Living With Hiv ◽  
Urine Cotinine ◽  
Smokeless Tobacco Use ◽  
Living With Hiv

Abstract Introduction A higher proportion of people living with HIV (PLWH) smoke compared to the general population, but little information exists about the prevalence and correlates of smokeless tobacco use among PLWH. In South Africa, dry powdered tobacco is inhaled nasally as snuff. Methods A cross-sectional survey among PLWH attending three HIV clinics was conducted. Snuff use was assessed via self-report and urine cotinine. Results Given the low (3%) prevalence of snuff use among men, analysis was restricted to n = 606 nonsmoking women living with HIV. Half (n = 298, 49%) were snuff users, the majority of whom (n = 244, 84%) had a positive urine cotinine test. In adjusted analysis, snuff use was negatively associated with higher education (relative risk [RR] 0.55; 95% confidence interval [CI]: 0.39, 0.77) and mobile phone ownership (RR 0.83; 95% CI: 0.71, 0.98), and positively associated with ever having tuberculosis (TB) (RR 1.22; 95% CI: 1.03, 1.45). In adjusted analysis, with current TB as the outcome, snuff use was marginally statistically significantly associated with a twofold increase in odds of a current TB diagnosis (odds ratio [OR] 1.99; 95% CI: 0.98, 4.15). Discussion A high proportion of nonsmoking South African women living with HIV use snuff, which was a risk factor for TB. Additional research is needed to understand the relationship between snuff, TB, and other potential health risks. Implications PLWH have a higher prevalence of smoking than their seronegative peers, but there is a paucity of research on smokeless tobacco use in this population, especially in low-resource settings. TB is the leading cause of death among PLWH, and with improvements to HIV treatment and care, PLWH are at greater risk of tobacco-related diseases. We report an extremely high prevalence of snuff use among women living with HIV in South Africa. Further, in this population snuff use is positively associated with ever having a TB diagnosis, as well as currently having TB.

Psychosocial Correlates of Smokeless Tobacco Use Among Indiana Adolescents

2014 ◽  
Vol 40 (2) ◽  
pp. 208-214 ◽  
Author(s):  
Matthew Lee Smith ◽  
Brian Colwell ◽  
Chanese A. Forté ◽  
Jairus C. Pulczinski ◽  
E. Lisako J. McKyer
Keyword(s):  
Tobacco Use ◽  
Smokeless Tobacco ◽  
Psychosocial Correlates ◽  
Smokeless Tobacco Use
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