AIMS AND OBJECTIVES: To assess and compare the @entity286 use prevalence; to understand and compare attitudes and knowledge related to @entity286 use and its health impact among urban and rural students; and to assess urban and rural disparity in the use of @entity286 among 12 and 15-year-old adolescents in the urban and rural schools in Chhattisgarh, India. MATERIALS AND METHODS: A cross-sectional study was conducted among 12 and 15-year-old and urban and rural school going @entity1 in Durg District. Scientifically, based on the data obtained from the pilot study, sample size was calculated. A total of 1000 @entity1 were selected to be a part of the study and were interviewed face-to-face using a detailed pretested, close-ended questionnaire. The Statistical Package for the Social Sciences version 16.0 (SPSS Pvt. Ltd, Chicago, IL, USA) was used for the statistical analyses. RESULTS: Prevalence of @entity286 consumption was 48.8%. Males were involved predominantly in consuming @entity286 . The knowledge and attitude was better in the school @entity1 of urban areas than the school @entity1 of rural areas; more of the urban school @entity1 were involved in smoking cigarette. Rural @entity1 outnumbered urban @entity1 in the smokeless @entity286 consumption. CONCLUSION: Prevalence of @entity286 consumption among school @entity1 remains high with a wide disparity among urban and rural @entity1 . There is an urgent need to have a rural orientation in the National @entity286 Control Program that is currently being developed by the Government of India and giving relevance to the youth.

Urban and rural disparity in XXXX use and knowledge about oral cancer among adolescents: An epidemiological survey on 12 and 15-year school going students.

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['children'] @entity286 :: ('4097', 'Species') :: ['Tobacco', 'tobacco']
@entity286 :: (4097,Species) :: ['tobacco']
